Bible Verses About Waiting

Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

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

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

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

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

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

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

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

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

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.

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

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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.

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

And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

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

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

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

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

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.

And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

In your patience possess ye your souls.

That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.

And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

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

I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.