Bible Verses about “waiting on god”
The Bible contains 23 verses about waiting on god across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“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.”
“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.”
“¶ 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.”
“And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;”
“And patience, experience; and experience, hope:”
“¶ 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.”
“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”
“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.”
“¶ 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].”
“Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.”
“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.”
“[I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.”
“Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help and our shield.”
“¶ 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.”
“My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from him.”
“The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.”
“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.”
“¶ Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.”
“¶ 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.”
“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.”