See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting at En-rogel. A female servant was to go and tell them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they were not to be seen entering the city.

Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young woman be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be in his service. Let her lie in your arms, that my lord the king may be warm.”

So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.

And while he was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him and said, “This trouble is from the Lord! Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”

Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come; let us go and tell the king's household.”

What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?

If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my renewal should come.

The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me’; and he veils his face.

“Men listened to me and waited and kept silence for my counsel.

They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

But when I hoped for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came.

“If my heart has been enticed toward a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.

“Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your wise sayings, while you searched out what to say.

And shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand there, and answer no more?

How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!

when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in their thicket?

Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.

Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.

May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!

Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!