Waiting on the Lord

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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.

• Psalms 27:14

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

• Psalms 130:5

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Psalms 37:7–9

  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. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

• Micah 7:7

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

• Psalms 62:5

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

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Psalms 33:20

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

• 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.

• Lamentations 3:25

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

• 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.

• 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.

• Psalms 37:9

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

• 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.

• Titus 2:13

  Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

• Galatians 2:20

  I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

• Proverbs 20:22

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

• Psalms 40:1–3

  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.

• 1 John 3:2

  Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

• Psalms 38:15

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

• Psalms 25:5–9

  Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD. …

• Hosea 12:6

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

• 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.

• Romans 10:13

  For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

• James 1:1–27

  James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. …

• Psalms 62:5–6

  My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

• Job 14:14

  If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

• 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.

• Romans 12:12

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

• Isaiah 40:1–31

  Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. …

• Psalms 130:1–8

  A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? …

• Psalms 69:6

  Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

• Psalms 62:1–2

  To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

• Galatians 6:9

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