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Words of Wisdom
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Reference
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I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
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Genesis 49
:18
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And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
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Exodus 21
:13
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And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
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Numbers 3
:10
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This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:
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Numbers 8
:24, 25
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But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
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Numbers 35
:20
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But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
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Deuteronomy 19
:11
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And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:
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Joshua 8
:4
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And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
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Judges 9
:25
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And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
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Judges 16
:2
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And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
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Judges 20
:29
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Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
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Judges 21
:20
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
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1 Samuel 15
:2
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That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that showeth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or showeth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
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1 Samuel 22
:8
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So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
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1 Kings 20
:38
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And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
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2 Kings 5
:2
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And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
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2 Kings 6
:33
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And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.
And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
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1 Chronicles 6
:32, 33
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Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
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1 Chronicles 9
:18
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Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
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1 Chronicles 23
:28
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And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:
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2 Chronicles 5
:11
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And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
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2 Chronicles 7
:6
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But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
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2 Chronicles 13
:10
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These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
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2 Chronicles 17
:19
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And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
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2 Chronicles 35
:15
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Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
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Ezra 8
:31
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And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
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Nehemiah 12
:44
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The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
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Job 6
:19
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If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
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Job 14
:14
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He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
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Job 15
:22
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If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
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Job 17
:13
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The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
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Job 24
:15
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Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
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Job 29
:21
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When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
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Job 30
:26
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If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
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Job 31
:9
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Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
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Job 32
:4
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When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
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Job 38
:40
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He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
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Psalms 10
:9
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Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
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Psalms 25
:3
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Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
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Psalms 27
:14
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Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
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Psalms 33
:20
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Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
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Psalms 37
:7
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And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
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Psalms 39
:7
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I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
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Psalms 40
:1
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I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
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Psalms 52
:9
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They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
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Psalms 56
:6
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For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
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Psalms 59
:3
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Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
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Psalms 62
:1
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Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
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Psalms 65
:1
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I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
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Psalms 69
:3
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For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
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Psalms 71
:10
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These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
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Psalms 104
:27
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They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
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Psalms 106
:13
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The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
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Psalms 119
:95
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Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
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Psalms 123
:2
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I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
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Psalms 130
:5, 6
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The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
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Psalms 145
:15
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If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
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Proverbs 1
:11
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Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
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Proverbs 7
:12
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Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
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Proverbs 8
:34
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The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
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Proverbs 12
:6
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Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
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Proverbs 20
:22
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She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
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Proverbs 23
:28
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Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
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Proverbs 24
:15
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Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
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Proverbs 27
:18
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And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
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Isaiah 8
:17
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And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
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Isaiah 25
:9
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Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
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Isaiah 26
:8
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And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
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Isaiah 30
:18
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O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
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Isaiah 33
:2
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But they that 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.
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Isaiah 40
:31
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He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
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Isaiah 42
:4
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And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
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Isaiah 49
:23
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My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
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Isaiah 51
:5
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Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
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Isaiah 59
:9
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Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
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Isaiah 60
:9
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For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
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Isaiah 64
:4
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For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
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Jeremiah 5
:26
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Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
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Jeremiah 9
:8
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Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
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Jeremiah 14
:22
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He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
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Lamentations 3
:10
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Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
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Lamentations 4
:19
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Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
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Ezekiel 19
:5
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Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
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Daniel 12
:12
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And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
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Hosea 6
:9
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For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
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Hosea 7
:6
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Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy God continually.
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Hosea 12
:6
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For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
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Micah 1
:12
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And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
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Micah 5
:7
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The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
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Micah 7
:2
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For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
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Habakkuk 2
:3
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Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
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Zephaniah 3
:8
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And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
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Zechariah 11
:11
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And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
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Mark 3
:9
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Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
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Mark 15
:43
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And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
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Luke 1
:21
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And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
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Luke 2
:25
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And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.
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Luke 8
:40
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Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
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Luke 11
:54
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And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
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Luke 12
:36
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(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
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Luke 23
:51
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In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
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John 5
:3
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And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
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Acts 1
:4
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And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
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Acts 10
:7
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Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
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Acts 17
:16
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And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
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Acts 20
:3
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And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
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Acts 23
:16
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And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
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Acts 25
:3
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For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
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Romans 8
:19
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Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
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Romans 12
:7
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So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
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1 Corinthians 1
:7
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Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
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1 Corinthians 9
:13
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For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
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Galatians 5
:5
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That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
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Ephesians 4
:14
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And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
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1 Thessalonians 1
:10
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And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
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2 Thessalonians 3
:5
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Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
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James 5
:7
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Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
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1 Peter 3
:20
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