Quotes About Waiting

The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.

Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.

For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

Then Jonah left the city and sat down east of it, where he made himself a shelter and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city.

But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

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.

I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.

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.

Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.

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.

The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John could be the Christ.

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.

Then He said to the disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.

who had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was waiting for the kingdom of God.

“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”

got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not yet gone out to them.

So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,

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.

These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.

Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?

But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.