Waiting on God

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• Isaiah 40:31

  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.

• Lamentations 3:25

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

• Psalms 27:13–14

  I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

• Isaiah 30:18

  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.

• Proverbs 3:5–6

  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

• James 5:7–8

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

• Psalms 27:14

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

• Micah 7:7

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

• 2 Peter 3:9

  The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

• Psalms 130:5–6

  I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

• Psalms 37:7

  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.

• Psalms 62:5

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

• Romans 5:3–4

  And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

• Psalms 37:34

  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.

• Psalms 33:20–22

  Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

• James 5:11

  Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

• Isaiah 64:4

  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.

• Habakkuk 2:3

  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.

• Psalms 40:1–17

  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. …

• Psalms 130:5

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

• Psalms 25:4–5

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

• Lamentations 3:25–26

  The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

• Habakkuk 2:1–3

  I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. 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.

• Psalms 33:20

  Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.

• Psalms 40:1

  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

• Romans 8:25

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

• Psalms 37:9

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

• Colossians 1:11

  Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

• Acts 1:4

  And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

• Matthew 6:34

  Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

• Proverbs 20:22

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

• Galatians 6:9

  And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

• Psalms 27:1–14

  A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. …

• Psalms 62:1

  To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

• Romans 8:18

  For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

• Psalms 38:15

  For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

• Romans 12:12

  Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

• Psalms 25:5

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

• Isaiah 8:17

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

• Philippians 1:6

  Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: