Lamentations 3:25 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁵ The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, To the soul that seeketh him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ The Lord is good to those who wait hopefully and expectantly for Him, to those who seek Him [inquire of and for Him and require Him by right of necessity and on the authority of God's word].

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

Common English Bible

²⁵ The LORD is good to those who hope in him, to the person who seeks him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ TETH. The Lord is good to those who hope in him, to the soul that seeks him.

Lamentations 3:25 Cross References

Isaiah 40:31

but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Psalm 37:34

Wait for the Lord and keep to his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land; you will look on the destruction of the wicked.

Isaiah 25:9

It will be said on that day, “See, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”

Lamentations 3:26

It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

Psalm 27:14

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

Psalm 37:7

Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him; do not fret over those who prosper in their way, over those who carry out evil devices.

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.

2 Chronicles 31:21

And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, to seek his God, he did with all his heart, and he prospered.

James 5:7

Be patient, therefore, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.

Hosea 10:12

Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.

Isaiah 64:4

From ages past no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who works for those who wait for him.

2 Chronicles 15:2

He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;

Psalm 61:5

For you, O God, have heard my vows; you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.

Psalm 39:7

“And now, O Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

Psalm 27:8

“Come,” my heart says, “seek his face!” Your face, Lord, do I seek.

Psalm 25:8

Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.

1 Chronicles 28:9

“And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve him with single mind and willing heart, for the Lord searches every mind and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will abandon you forever.

Psalm 119:2

Happy are those who keep his decrees, who seek him with their whole heart,

Genesis 49:18

I wait for your salvation, O Lord.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

Psalm 22:26

The poor shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord. May your hearts live forever!

Zephaniah 3:8

Therefore wait for me, says the Lord, for the day when I arise as a witness. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation, all the heat of my anger, for in the fire of my passion all the earth shall be consumed.

Isaiah 26:9

My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Psalm 105:3

Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

Psalm 61:1

Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer.

Psalm 69:32

Let the oppressed see it and be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.

2 Chronicles 30:19

who set their hearts to seek God, the Lord the God of their ancestors, even though not in accordance with the sanctuary’s rules of cleanness.”

2 Chronicles 19:3

Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the sacred poles out of the land and have set your heart to seek God.”

Ezra 8:22

For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and cavalry to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king that the hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his power and his wrath are against all who forsake him.

Psalm 71:14

But I will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more.