100 Bible Verses About Anticipation
Bible verses about Anticipation
The scriptures teach us that anticipation, when rooted in faith, is not merely wishful thinking, but a powerful force that shapes our present and future. Exploring Bible verses about anticipation reveals a profound connection between hope, expectation, and God's promises. It's about more than just waiting; it's about actively preparing our hearts and minds for the blessings and revelations God has in store. Understanding this principle through scripture empowers us to live with joy, purpose, and unwavering trust, even amidst uncertainty, knowing that God's timing is perfect and His faithfulness endures.
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Numbers 13:29 (KJV)
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
Hopeful Waiting: Bible Verses on Anticipation
And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.
Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth–lehem–judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh–barnea.
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
And he brought Aaron’s sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
To them which were in Beth–el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me.
And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose:
And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim–hodshi; and they came to Dan–jaan, and about to Zidon,
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.
And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying,
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers.
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the Lord given by Moses.
And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:
And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;
And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord, in Hebron.
So the Lord was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord.
And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth–el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.
Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
The Bible's verses on anticipation paint a powerful picture of hope intertwined with patient waiting. From anticipating the Messiah's arrival to yearning for Christ's return and the promise of eternal life, these scriptures highlight the importance of expectant faith. They encourage us to cultivate a spirit of eager longing, not for earthly possessions or fleeting pleasures, but for God's presence and the fulfillment of His promises. Reflect on these verses, allowing them to shape your perspective and refine your desires. Let anticipation fuel your prayer life, inspire acts of service, and strengthen your resolve to live a life worthy of the hope that is within you. Embrace the present moment while steadfastly looking forward to the glorious future God has prepared, remembering that He is faithful to fulfill every promise He has made.