17 Bible Verses About Waiting

The Bible treats waiting for God as a form of hope. The psalmists wait for God to answer them (Psalm 27:14; Psalm 130:5), Habakkuk waits for a revelation with “an appointed time” (Habakkuk 2:3), and the church waits for Christ to be revealed (1 Corinthians 1:7; James 5:7-8). In Psalm 27:14, Psalm 40:1, Psalm 130:5 and Isaiah 40:31 the Hebrew verb is qavah, to wait for or look for. The NIV translates it “wait for” in the psalms and “hope…