Waiting

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Upon God

As the God of providence

• Jeremiah 14:22 Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.

As the God of salvation

• Psalm 25:5 Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

As the giver of all temporal blessings

• Psalm 104:27–28 All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season. When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
• Psalm 145:15–16 The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season. You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

For mercy

• Psalm 123:2 As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.

For pardon

• Psalm 39:7–8 And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You. Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.

For the consolation of Israel

• Luke 2:25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

For salvation

• Genesis 49:18 I await Your salvation, O LORD.
• Psalm 62:1–2 For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.

For guidance and teaching

• Psalm 25:5 Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

For protection

• Psalm 33:20 Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
• Psalm 59:9–10 I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress. My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.

For the fulfillment of his word

• Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.

For the fulfillment of his promises

• Acts 1:4 And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss .

For the hope of righteousness by faith

• Galatians 5:5 But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.

For the coming of Christ

• 1 Corinthians 1:7 Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:10 and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead — Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

Is good

• Psalm 52:9 I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name — for it is good — in the presence of Your saints.

God calls us to

• Zephaniah 3:8 Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation — all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.

Exhortations and encouragements to

• Psalm 27:14 Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
• Psalm 37:7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
• Hosea 12:6 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.

Should be with the soul

• Psalm 62:1 For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.
• Psalm 62:5 Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.

With earnest desire

• Psalm 130:6 My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.

With patience

• Psalm 37:7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
• Psalm 40:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.

With resignation

• Lamentations 3:26 It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

With hope in his word

• Psalm 130:5 I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

With full confidence

• 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.

Continually

• Hosea 12:6 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.

All the day

• Psalm 25:5 Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

Especially in adversity

• Psalm 59:1–9 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me. Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed. See how t…
• Isaiah 8:17 I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

In the way of his judgments

• Isaiah 26:8 Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.

Saints resolve on

• Psalm 52:9 I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name — for it is good — in the presence of Your saints.
• Psalm 59:9 I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.

Saints have expectation from

• Psalm 62:5 Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.

Saints plead, in prayer

• Psalm 25:21 May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
• Isaiah 33:2 O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.

The patience of saints often tested in

• Psalm 69:3 I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Those who engage in

Wait upon him only

• Psalm 62:5 Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.

Are heard

• Psalm 40:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.

Are blessed

• Isaiah 30:18 Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
• Daniel 12:12 Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.

Experience his goodness

• Lamentations 3:25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

Will not be ashamed

• Psalm 25:3 Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.
• Isaiah 49:23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

Will renew their strength

• Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Will inherit the earth

• Psalm 37:9 For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

Will be saved

• Proverbs 20:22 Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
• Isaiah 25:9 And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

Will rejoice in salvation

• Isaiah 25:9 And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

Will receive the glorious things prepared by God for them

• Isaiah 64:4 From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.

Predicted of the Gentiles

• Isaiah 42:4 He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
• Isaiah 60:9 Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.

Illustrated

• Psalm 123:2 As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.
• Luke 12:36 Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
• James 5:7 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil — how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.

Exemplified

Jacob

• Genesis 49:18 I await Your salvation, O LORD.

David

• Psalm 39:7 And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 8:17 I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

Micah

• 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.

Joseph

• Mark 15:43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.