He waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

Then he waited another seven days and sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him anymore.

I wait for your salvation, O Lord.

They met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came out from Pharaoh;

And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.

But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.

The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”

And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them.”

And Moses said to them, “Wait, that I may hear what the Lord will command concerning you.”

And if he pushed him out of hatred or hurled something at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

“But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him without lying in wait

“But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities,

And they waited till they were embarrassed. But when he still did not open the doors of the roof chamber, they took the key and opened them, and there lay their lord dead on the floor.

The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here.” And they surrounded the place and set an ambush for him all night at the gate of the city. They kept quiet all night, saying, “Let us wait till the light of the morning; then we will kill him.”

And on the fifth day he arose early in the morning to depart. And the girl's father said, “Strengthen your heart and wait until the day declines.” So they ate, both of them.

would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, for it is exceedingly bitter to me for your sake that the hand of the Lord has gone out against me.”

She replied, “Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest but will settle the matter today.”

Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him; only, may the Lord establish his word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.

Then go down before me to Gilgal. And behold, I am coming down to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Seven days you shall wait, until I come to you and show you what you shall do.”

Saul's Unlawful Sacrifice

He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him.

If they say to us, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stand still in our place, and we will not go up to them.

And Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.

that all of you have conspired against me? No one discloses to me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day.”

And Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and a sword and have inquired of God for him, so that he has risen against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?”

When David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal in the name of David, and then they waited.

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!

For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.

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

But for you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.

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

My Help and My Deliverer

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.

I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.

They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life.

For behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,

My Soul Waits for God Alone

To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.

For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.

I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.

But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.

The wicked lie in wait to destroy me, but I consider your testimonies.

My Soul Waits for the Lord

A Song of Ascents.

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;

my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.

If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason;

but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.

now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait.

Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors.

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers them.

Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.

She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind.

Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do no violence to his home;

Fear God, Wait for the Lord

For the Lord spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:

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

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

In the path of your judgments, O Lord, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul.

The Lord Will Be Gracious

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

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

but they 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.

He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.

Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.”

My righteousness draws near, my salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples; the coastlands hope for me, and for my arm they wait.

From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him.

For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men.

He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding;

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

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

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles in the heavens; they chased us on the mountains; they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

When she saw that she waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days.

As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to Shechem; they commit villainy.

“So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.”

For the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good, because disaster has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.

A Remnant Shall Be Delivered

Then the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which delay not for a man nor wait for the children of man.

Wait for the God of Salvation

Woe is me! For I have become as when the summer fruit has been gathered, as when the grapes have been gleaned: there is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fig that my soul desires.

The godly has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among mankind; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts the other with a net.

But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.

For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.

I hear, and my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us.

“Therefore wait for me,” declares the Lord, “for the day when I rise up to seize the prey. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation, all my burning anger; for in the fire of my jealousy all the earth shall be consumed.

But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.”

And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.”

And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they were wondering at his delay in the temple.

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.

And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Jesus Heals a Woman and Jairus's Daughter

Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.

lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.

and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks.

And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me;

Paul in Athens

Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.

These went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas,

And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’

But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him, who have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for your consent.”

They were waiting for him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But when they had waited a long time and saw no misfortune come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.

And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another—

For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise.

so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.

Patience in Suffering

Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.

because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.

waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!

But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

Final Words

Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.

keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.