Waiting on God
Patience and trust while waiting for God's timing
Genesis 1:9
God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together in one gathering, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.
Read commentary →Genesis 8:12
He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she did not return to him any more.
Read commentary →Numbers 3:10
You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death."
Read commentary →Joshua 8:4
He commanded them, saying, "Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you be ready.
Read commentary →Judges 9:25
The men of Shechem set an ambush for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who came along that way by them. And it was told to Abimelech.
Read commentary →1 Chronicles 6:33
These are those who waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
Read commentary →Job 3:9
Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
Read commentary →Job 6:11
What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
Read commentary →Proverbs 1:11
If they say, "Come with us, Let's lie in wait for blood; let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
Read commentary →Proverbs 1:18
but these lie in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
Read commentary →Proverbs 3:20
By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
Read commentary →Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Read commentary →Proverbs 5:22
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
Read commentary →Proverbs 6:32
He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
Read commentary →Isaiah 5:2
He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in its midst, and also cut out a winepress therein. He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
Read commentary →Isaiah 5:4
What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?
Read commentary →Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress.
Read commentary →Isaiah 8:17
I will wait for the Lord, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 3:17
At that time they shall call Jerusalem 'The throne of the Lord;' and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem. Neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 4:19
My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace; because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 5:26
For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 8:15
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
Read commentary →Lamentations 3:24
"The Lord is my portion," says my soul, "therefore will I hope in him."
Read commentary →Lamentations 3:25
The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
Read commentary →Lamentations 3:26
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
Read commentary →Hosea 6:9
As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
Read commentary →Micah 1:12
For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.
Read commentary →Micah 5:6
They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in its gates. He will deliver us from the Assyrian, when he invades our land, and when he marches within our border.
Read commentary →Micah 7:7
But as for me, I will look to the Lord. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Read commentary →Zephaniah 3:8
"Therefore wait for me," says the Lord, "until the day that I rise up to the prey, for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation, even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Read commentary →Matthew 3:10
"And even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
Read commentary →Matthew 7:16
By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
Read commentary →Matthew 7:19
Every tree that does not grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.
Read commentary →Mark 3:9
And he told his disciples that a small boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they would not press on him.
Read commentary →Mark 4:36
Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other boats were also with him.
Read commentary →Mark 9:19
He answered him, "Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me."
Read commentary →Luke 1:21
The people were waiting for Zechariah, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.
Read commentary →Luke 6:43
For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit.
Read commentary →Luke 8:25
He said to them, "Where is your faith?" Being afraid they marveled, saying one to another, "Who is this, then, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?"
Read commentary →Luke 9:41
Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."
Read commentary →Luke 9:43
They were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,
Read commentary →Romans 8:19
For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
Read commentary →Galatians 5:5
For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
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