Isaiah 30:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

Cross References

Job 35:14

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

Psalm 2:12

kiss his feet, or he will be angry, and you will perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Happy are all who take refuge in him.

Psalm 27:14

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

Psalm 34:8

O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in him.

Psalm 84:12

O Lord of hosts, happy is everyone who trusts in you.

Psalm 99:4

Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Exodus 34:6

The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,

Proverbs 16:20

Those who are attentive to a matter will prosper, and happy are those who trust in the Lord.

Isaiah 18:4

For thus the Lord said to me: “I will quietly look from my dwelling like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

Isaiah 2:11

The haughty eyes of people shall be brought low, and the pride of everyone shall be humbled, and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

Isaiah 2:17

The haughtiness of people shall be humbled, and the pride of everyone shall be brought low, and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

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.”

Isaiah 28:17

And I will make justice the line and righteousness the plummet; hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.

Isaiah 33:2

O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.

Isaiah 33:5

The Lord is exalted; he dwells on high; he filled Zion with justice and righteousness;

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.

Isaiah 42:14

For a long time I have held my peace; I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor; I will gasp and pant.

Isaiah 42:16

I will lead the blind by a road they do not know; by paths they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, and I will not forsake them.

Isaiah 48:9

For my name’s sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, so that I may not cut you off.

Isaiah 5:16

But the Lord of hosts is exalted by justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy by 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 continually accuse, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirits would grow faint before me, even the souls that I have made.

Isaiah 61:8

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

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.

Isaiah 8:17

I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.

Jeremiah 17:7

Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.

Jeremiah 42:7

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

Daniel 12:12

Happy are those who persevere and attain the thousand three hundred thirty-five days.

Hosea 1:7

But I will have pity on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God; I will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.”

Hosea 2:14

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

Hosea 5:15

I will return again to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face. In their distress they will beg my favor:

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”

Luke 15:20

So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him.

Luke 2:25

Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him.

Acts 5:31

God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior that he might give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

Romans 5:20

But law came in, so that the trespass might increase, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

Romans 9:22

What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath that are made for destruction,

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

Ephesians 1:8

that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight

Deuteronomy 32:4

The Rock, his work is perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God, without deceit, just and upright is he;

James 5:11

Indeed, we call blessed those who showed endurance. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the outcome that the Lord brought about, for the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

2 Peter 3:15

and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.

1 Samuel 2:3

Talk no more so very proudly; let not arrogance come from your mouth, for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.