Isaiah 30:18

Modern English Version

Therefore, the Lord longs to be gracious to you, and therefore, He waits on high to have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of justice; how blessed are all who long for Him.

Cross References

Job 35:14

Although you say you do not see Him, yet judgment is before Him, and you must trust in Him.

Psalm 2:12

Kiss the son, lest He become angry, and you perish in the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all who seek refuge in Him.

Psalm 27:14

Wait on the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait on the Lord.

Psalm 34:8

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him.

Psalm 84:12

O  Lord of Hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in You.

Psalm 99:4

The King in His might loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Exodus 34:6

The Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in goodness and truth,

Proverbs 16:20

He who wisely heeds a word will find good, and he who trusts in the Lord, happy is he.

Isaiah 18:4

For so the Lord said to me: I will look from My dwelling place quietly, like dazzling heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

Isaiah 2:11

The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 2:17

The loftiness of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day;

Isaiah 25:9

It shall be said in that day: Behold, this is our God, for whom we have waited that He might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.

Isaiah 28:17

I shall make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plummet; then the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

Isaiah 33:2

O  Lord, be gracious to us; we have waited for You. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

Isaiah 33:5

The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

Isaiah 40:31

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

Isaiah 42:14

I have for a long time held My peace; I have been still and refrained Myself. Now I will cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

Isaiah 42:16

I will bring the blind by a way that they did not know; I will lead them in paths that they have not known. I will make darkness light before them and crooked things straight. These things I will do for them and not forsake them.

Isaiah 48:9

For My name’s sake I will defer My anger, and for My praise I will restrain it for you so that you are not cut off.

Isaiah 5:16

But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God who is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

Isaiah 55:8

For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways, says the Lord.

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before Me, and the souls whom I have made.

Isaiah 61:8

For I, the Lord, love justice, I hate robbery in the burnt offering; and I will faithfully give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.

Isaiah 64:4

For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by ear, neither has the eye seen a God besides You, who acts for the one who waits for Him.

Isaiah 8:17

I will wait on the Lord, who hides His face from the house of Jacob, and I will eagerly look for Him.

Jeremiah 17:7

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.

Jeremiah 42:7

At the end of ten days the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.

Daniel 12:12

Blessed is he who waits and comes to the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.

Hosea 1:7

But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, or by sword, or by battle, or by horses, or by horsemen.”

Hosea 2:14

Therefore, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.

Hosea 5:15

I will again return to My place until they acknowledge their offense and seek My face. In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied Him?” When you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Luke 15:20

So he arose and came to his father. “But while he was yet far away, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and ran and embraced his neck and kissed him.

Luke 2:25

Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Acts 5:31

God exalted this Man to His right hand to be a Ruler and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

Romans 5:20

But the law entered, so that sin might increase, but where sin increased, grace abounded much more,

Romans 9:22

What if God, willing to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the glory of His grace which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved.

Ephesians 1:8

which He lavished on us in all wisdom and insight,

Deuteronomy 32:4

He is the rock; His work is perfect; for all His ways are just. He is a God of faithfulness and without injustice; righteous and upright is He.

James 5:11

Behold, we consider them blessed who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the purpose of the Lord, that the Lord is very gracious and merciful.

2 Peter 3:15

Keep in mind that the patience of our Lord means salvation, even as our beloved brother Paul has also written to you according to the wisdom given to him.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness. But He is patient with us, because He does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.

1 Samuel 2:3

“Do not multiply proud speech, nor let arrogance come out of your mouth, for the Lord is the God of knowledge, and by Him actions are examined.