Bible Verses about “waiting on the lord”
The Bible contains 21 verses about waiting on the lord across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“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.”
“Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.”
“¶ 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.”
“For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“¶ Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.”
“[It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.”
“¶ I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.”
“¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.”
“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.”
“And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.”