93 Bible Verses About Waiting

And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.

And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.

And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.

And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

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

But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.

And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.

So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.

Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.

And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.

So the ark of the Lord compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.

And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, and David’s place was empty.

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

And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the Lord, and journeyed not.

When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more.

Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,

And he put them all together into ward three days.

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.

When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)

And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.

So we abode in the valley over against Beth–peor.

And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.

Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour.

Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, till it was light.

Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.

And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.

Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.

And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.

And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.

Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.

And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.

And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.

Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.

Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.

When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.

And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.

And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.

I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.

And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;

Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

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

And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.

Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.

And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you.

And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.

And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;

Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

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

And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.