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Bible Verses About Waiting on God

Scriptures for the difficult season of holy waiting.

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Patiently waiting on god is not a period of passivity, but a season of active, expectant trust in His perfect timing. When the answers we seek seem delayed, we can find steady rest in the truth that His ways are infinitely higher than our own. Those who wait upon the Lord will find their strength renewed, rising up with wings like eagles. Trust that He is working behind the scenes, even when the path ahead remains hidden from view.

Key Passages

"The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him."

"For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day."

"Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s."

"I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living."

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"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."

"Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD."

"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."

"Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me."

"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."

"My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him."

"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."

"Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield."

"It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD."

"But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it."

"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."

"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."

"I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD."

"¶ 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."

"¶ 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."

"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:"

"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."

"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."

"¶ 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."

"Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day."

"Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause."

"I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry."

"Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee."

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