Bible Verses About Waiting for Guidance

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you.

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

That the Lord thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?

That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.

For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.