53 verses · KJV

Bible verses about Waiting

Every reference below is drawn from the topical index for “Waiting”. Tap any verse to read it in its full chapter.

22Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

5Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

27These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

28That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.

15The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

16Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

2Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

25And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

18I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

1Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

2He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

20Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.

9Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

10The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

3For 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.

4And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

5For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

7So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

9I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

8Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

7Rest 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.

6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

5My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

1I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

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