Bible Verses About Waiting on God
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for waiting on god, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 16,107 votes, led by Isaiah 40:31. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Waiting on God
Isaiah 40:311,447 votes
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.
Lamentations 3:25746 votes
The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Psalms 27:13-14718 votes
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Isaiah 30:18693 votes
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.
Proverbs 3:5-6648 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
James 5:7-8640 votes
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.
Psalms 27:14632 votes
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Micah 7:7514 votes
Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
2 Peter 3:9470 votes
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.
Psalms 130:5-6425 votes
I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
Psalms 37:7406 votes
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.
Psalms 62:5385 votes
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
Romans 5:3-4365 votes
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Psalms 37:34343 votes
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.
Psalms 33:20-22339 votes
Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.
James 5:11307 votes
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.
Isaiah 64:4255 votes
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.
Habakkuk 2:3227 votes
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.
Psalms 40:1-17205 votes
I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Psalms 25:4-5198 votes
Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
Psalms 130:5195 votes
I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
Lamentations 3:25-26186 votes
The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Habakkuk 2:1-3186 votes
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.
Psalms 40:1183 votes
I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Psalms 33:20182 votes
Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.
What does the Bible say about waiting on god?
Readers most often cite Isaiah 40:31 on the subject of waiting on god. Across 16,107 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Lamentations 3:25, Psalms 27:13-14, Isaiah 30:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.