Isaiah 8:17
New Living Translation
17 I will wait for the Lord,
who has turned away from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my hope in him.
Habakkuk 2:3
New Living Translation
3 This vision is for a future time.
It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.
If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,
for it will surely take place.
It will not be delayed.
Hebrews 10:36-39
New Living Translation
36 Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.
37 “For in just a little while,
the Coming One will come and not delay.
38 And my righteous ones will live by faith.[a]
But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away.”[b]
39 But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction. We are the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved.
Read full chapter
Isaiah 54:8
New Living Translation
8 In a burst of anger I turned my face away for a little while.
But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”
says the Lord, your Redeemer.
Deuteronomy 31:17-18
New Living Translation
17 Then my anger will blaze forth against them. I will abandon them, hiding my face from them, and they will be devoured. Terrible trouble will come down on them, and on that day they will say, ‘These disasters have come down on us because God is no longer among us!’ 18 At that time I will hide my face from them on account of all the evil they commit by worshiping other gods.
Read full chapter
Hebrews 9:28
New Living Translation
28 so also Christ was offered once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him.
Read full chapter
Lamentations 3:25-26
New Living Translation
25 The Lord is good to those who depend on him,
to those who search for him.
26 So it is good to wait quietly
for salvation from the Lord.
Isaiah 64:7
New Living Translation
7 Yet no one calls on your name
or pleads with you for mercy.
Therefore, you have turned away from us
and turned us over[a] to our sins.
Footnotes
- 64:7 As in Greek, Syriac, and Aramaic versions; Hebrew reads melted us.
Genesis 49:18
New Living Translation
18 I trust in you for salvation, O Lord!
Micah 7:7
New Living Translation
7 As for me, I look to the Lord for help.
I wait confidently for God to save me,
and my God will certainly hear me.
Micah 3:4
New Living Translation
4 Then you beg the Lord for help in times of trouble!
Do you really expect him to answer?
After all the evil you have done,
he won’t even look at you!”
Hosea 12:6
New Living Translation
6 So now, come back to your God.
Act with love and justice,
and always depend on him.
Ezekiel 39:23-24
New Living Translation
23 The nations will then know why Israel was sent away to exile—it was punishment for sin, for they were unfaithful to their God. Therefore, I turned away from them and let their enemies destroy them. 24 I turned my face away and punished them because of their defilement and their sins.
Read full chapter
Isaiah 59:2
New Living Translation
2 It’s your sins that have cut you off from God.
Because of your sins, he has turned away
and will not listen anymore.
Isaiah 50:10
New Living Translation
10 Who among you fears the Lord
and obeys his servant?
If you are walking in darkness,
without a ray of light,
trust in the Lord
and rely on your God.
Isaiah 25:9
New Living Translation
9 In that day the people will proclaim,
“This is our God!
We trusted in him, and he saved us!
This is the Lord, in whom we trusted.
Let us rejoice in the salvation he brings!”
Isaiah 1:15
New Living Translation
15 When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look.
Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen,
for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
Psalm 33:20
New Living Translation
20 We put our hope in the Lord.
He is our help and our shield.
Psalm 27:14
New Living Translation
14 Wait patiently for the Lord.
Be brave and courageous.
Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.
Deuteronomy 32:20
New Living Translation
20 He said, ‘I will abandon them;
then see what becomes of them.
For they are a twisted generation,
children without integrity.
2 Thessalonians 3:5
New Living Translation
5 May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ.
Read full chapter
1 Thessalonians 1:10
New Living Translation
10 And they speak of how you are looking forward to the coming of God’s Son from heaven—Jesus, whom God raised from the dead. He is the one who has rescued us from the terrors of the coming judgment.
Read full chapter
Luke 2:38
New Living Translation
38 She came along just as Simeon was talking with Mary and Joseph, and she began praising God. She talked about the child to everyone who had been waiting expectantly for God to rescue Jerusalem.
Read full chapter
Isaiah 64:4
New Living Translation
4 For since the world began,
no ear has heard
and no eye has seen a God like you,
who works for those who wait for him!
Isaiah 33:2
New Living Translation
2 But Lord, be merciful to us,
for we have waited for you.
Be our strong arm each day
and our salvation in times of trouble.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.