Waiting
36 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
30 sections
- All the Day
- Continually
- David
- Especially in Adversity
- Exhortations and Encouragements To
- God Calls Us To
- Illustrated
- Isaiah
- Jacob
- Joseph
- Micah
- Predicted of the Gentiles
- Saints Have Expectation From
- Saints Plead, in Prayer
- Saints Resolve On
- should be with the Soul
- The Patience of Saints often Tested In
- Those Who Engage In are Blessed
- Those Who Engage In are Heard
- Those Who Engage in Experience his Goodness
- Those Who Engage in Wait Upon Him Only
- Those Who Engage in Will be Saved
- Those Who Engage in Will Inherit the Earth
- Those Who Engage in Will not be Ashamed
- Those Who Engage in Will Receive the Glorious Things Prepared by God for Them
- Those Who Engage in Will Rejoice in Salvation
- Those Who Engage in Will Renew Their Strength
- Upon God: As the Giver of all Temporal Blessings
- Upon God: As the God of Providence
- Upon God: As the God of Salvation
All the Day
- Psalm 25:5 Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
Continually
- Hosea 12:6 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.
David
- Psalm 39:7 And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
Especially in Adversity
- Psalm 59:1–9 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me. …
- Isaiah 8:17 I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
Exhortations and Encouragements To
- Psalm 27:14 Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
- Psalm 37:7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
- Hosea 12:6 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.
God Calls Us To
- Zephaniah 3:8 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 …
Illustrated
- Psalm 123:2 As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.
- Luke 12:36 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.
- James 5:7 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil — how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 8:17 I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
Jacob
- Genesis 49:18 I await Your salvation, O LORD.
Joseph
- Mark 15:43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.
Micah
- Micah 7:7 But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Predicted of the Gentiles
- Isaiah 42:4 He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
- Isaiah 60:9 Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.
Saints Have Expectation From
- Psalm 62:5 Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
Saints Plead, in Prayer
- Psalm 25:21 May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
- Isaiah 33:2 O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
Saints Resolve On
- Psalm 52:9 I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name — for it is good — in the presence of Your saints.
- Psalm 59:9 I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.
should be with the Soul
- Psalm 62:1 In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.
- Psalm 62:5 Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
The Patience of Saints often Tested In
- Psalm 69:3 I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
Those Who Engage In are Blessed
- Isaiah 30:18 Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
- Daniel 12:12 Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.
Those Who Engage In are Heard
- Psalm 40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
Those Who Engage in Experience his Goodness
- Lamentations 3:25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
Those Who Engage in Wait Upon Him Only
- Psalm 62:5 Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
Those Who Engage in Will be Saved
- Proverbs 20:22 Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
- Isaiah 25:9 And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
Those Who Engage in Will Inherit the Earth
- Psalm 37:9 For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
Those Who Engage in Will not be Ashamed
- Psalm 25:3 Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.
- Isaiah 49:23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
Those Who Engage in Will Receive the Glorious Things Prepared by God for Them
- Isaiah 64:4 From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.
Those Who Engage in Will Rejoice in Salvation
- Isaiah 25:9 And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
Those Who Engage in Will Renew Their Strength
- Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
Upon God: As the Giver of all Temporal Blessings
- Psalm 104:27–28 All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season. …
- Psalm 145:15–16 The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season. …
Upon God: As the God of Providence
- Jeremiah 14:22 Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
Upon God: As the God of Salvation
- Psalm 25:5 Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
Related topics
Waiting Upon GodWaiting for ProtectionWaiting for SalvationWaiting for the Coming of ChristWaiting with PatienceWaiting for Guidance and Teaching
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.