Bible Verses About Waiting on God

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 good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

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

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.

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

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

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.

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I 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.

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

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

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

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

And, 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.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.