Lamentations 3:25

Modern English Version

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

Cross References

Genesis 49:18

I wait for Your salvation, O  Lord!

1 Chronicles 28:9

As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your fathers and serve Him with a whole heart and with a willing spirit, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will abandon you forever.

2 Chronicles 15:2

and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you all seek Him, He will be found with you. But if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 19:3

However, some good things are found in you, for you swept away the Asherah poles from the land, and you set your heart to seek after God.”

2 Chronicles 30:19

who sets his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he is not pure according to the rules of the holy sanctuary.”

2 Chronicles 31:21

And in every deed that he undertook in the service of the house of God and with the law and commandment to seek out his God, he did this with all his heart, and he found success.

Ezra 8:22

For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of foot and horse soldiers to help us against the enemy on the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, “The hand of our God is upon all who seek Him for good, but His power and His wrath are against all who forsake Him.”

Psalm 105:3

Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

Psalm 119:2

Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with all their heart.

Psalm 22:26

The meek will eat and be satisfied; those who seek Him will praise the Lord. May your hearts live forever.

Psalm 25:8

Good and upright is the Lord; therefore He teaches sinners in the way.

Psalm 27:14

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

Psalm 27:8

When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, will I seek.”

Psalm 37:34

Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you will look on.

Psalm 37:7

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; fret not because of those who prosper in their way, because of those who bring wicked schemes to pass.

Psalm 39:7

Now, O Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.

Psalm 61:1

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

Psalm 61:5

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

Psalm 69:32

The humble shall see this and be glad; and you who seek God, let your hearts revive.

Psalm 71:14

But I will hope continually, and will praise You yet more and more.

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 26:9

With my soul I have desired You in the night; my spirit within me seeks You diligently; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Isaiah 30:18

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.

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 55:6

Seek the Lord while He may be found, call you upon Him while He is near.

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.

Lamentations 3:26

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

Hosea 10:12

Sow to yourselves righteousness, reap mercy, break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until He comes and rains righteousness upon you.

Zephaniah 3:8

Therefore wait for Me, declares the Lord, until the day when I rise up to seize the plunder; for My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour on them My indignation, all My fierce anger; for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of My jealousy.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead —Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

James 5:7

Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Notice how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and is patient with it until he receives the early and late rain.