Waiting
50 lines · 69 passages
- Upon God
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As the God of providence
Jer 14:22
22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
Jeremiah 14:22 -
As the God of salvation
Ps 25:5
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.
Psalms 25:5 -
As the giver of all temporal blessings
Ps 104:27, 28; 145:15, 16
27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
Psalms 104:2728 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
Psalms 104:2815 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
Psalms 145:1516 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Psalms 145:16 -
For mercy
Ps 123:2
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Psalms 123:2 -
For pardon
Ps 39:7, 8
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
Psalms 39:78 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Psalms 39:8 -
For the consolation of Israel
Luke 2:25
25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
Luke 2:25 -
For salvation
Gen 49:18; Ps 62:1, 2
18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
Genesis 49:181 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
Psalms 62:12 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
Psalms 62:2 -
For guidance and teaching
Ps 25:5
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.
Psalms 25:5 -
For protection
Ps 33:20; 59:9, 10
20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
Psalms 33:209 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
Psalms 59:910 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
Psalms 59:10 -
For the fulfillment of his word
Hab 2:3
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.
Habakkuk 2:3 -
For the fulfillment of his promises
Acts 1:4
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.
Acts 1:4 -
For the hope of righteousness by faith
Gal 5:5
5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Galatians 5:5 -
For the coming of Christ
1 Cor 1:7; 1 Thess 1:10
7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
1 Corinthians 1:710 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
1 Thessalonians 1:10 -
Is good
Ps 52:9
9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
Psalms 52:9 -
God calls us to
Zeph 3:8
8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith 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 upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Zephaniah 3:8 -
Exhortations and encouragements to
Ps 27:14; 37:7; Hos 12:6
14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Psalms 27:147 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 37:76 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
Hosea 12:6 -
Should be with the soul
Ps 62:1, 5
1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
Psalms 62:15 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
Psalms 62:5 -
With earnest desire
Ps 130:6
6 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 130:6 -
With patience
Ps 37:7; 40:1
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 37:71 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Psalms 40:1 -
With resignation
Lam 3:26
26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Lamentations 3:26 -
With hope in his word
Ps 130:5
5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
Psalms 130:5 -
With full confidence
Mic 7:7
7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Micah 7:7 -
Continually
Hos 12:6
6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
Hosea 12:6 -
All the day
Ps 25:5
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.
Psalms 25:5 -
Especially in adversity
Ps 59:1–9; Isa 8:17
1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. 4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. 5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. 6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? 8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. 9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
Psalms 59:117 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Isaiah 8:17 -
In the way of his judgments
Isa 26:8
8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Isaiah 26:8 -
Saints resolve on
Ps 52:9; 59:9
9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
Psalms 52:99 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
Psalms 59:9 -
Saints have expectation from
Ps 62:5
5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
Psalms 62:5 -
Saints plead, in prayer
Ps 25:21; Isa 33:2
21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Psalms 25:212 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
Isaiah 33:2 -
The patience of saints often tested in
Ps 69:3
3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalms 69:3 - Those who engage in
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Wait upon him only
Ps 62:5
5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
Psalms 62:5 -
Are heard
Ps 40:1
1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Psalms 40:1 -
Are blessed
Isa 30:18; Dan 12:12
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.
Isaiah 30:1812 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
Daniel 12:12 -
Experience his goodness
Lam 3:25
25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Lamentations 3:25 -
Will not be ashamed
Ps 25:3; Isa 49:23
3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Psalms 25:323 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Isaiah 49:23 -
Will renew their strength
Isa 40:31
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.
Isaiah 40:31 -
Will inherit the earth
Ps 37:9
9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Psalms 37:9 -
Will be saved
Prov 20:22; Isa 25:9
22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Proverbs 20:229 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.
Isaiah 25:9 -
Will rejoice in salvation
Isa 25:9
9 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.
Isaiah 25:9 -
Will receive the glorious things prepared by God for them
Isa 64:4
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.
Isaiah 64:4 -
Predicted of the Gentiles
Isa 42:4; 60:9
4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
Isaiah 42:49 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Isaiah 60:9 -
Illustrated
Ps 123:2; Luke 12:36; Jas 5:7
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Psalms 123:236 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.
Luke 12:367 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.
James 5:7 - Exemplified
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Jacob
Gen 49:18
18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
Genesis 49:18 -
David
Ps 39:7
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
Psalms 39:7 -
Isaiah
Isa 8:17
17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Isaiah 8:17 -
Micah
Mic 7:7
7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Micah 7:7 -
Joseph
Mark 15:43
43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
Mark 15:43
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
