Waiting

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Being in readiness for service or for some future appointment or event. Wild animals and the wicked lie in wait to ambush the unsuspecting; servants wait on their masters; believers and the whole creation wait for their renewal by God. God, too, waits for sinners to repent.

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Waiting for future events

Waiting to see what happens

Ru 3:18; Jon 4:5; Ac 28:6

Waiting for a period of time

Ge 8:10–12; Le 12:4–5; Eze 44:26

Waiting for people

Waiting to meet others

Ex 5:20; Ex 7:15; 2 Sa 16:1; 1 Ki 20:38

Waiting to be joined by others

1 Corinthians 11:33 ESV

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

See also Ex 24:14; Ac 17:16; Ac 20:5–6; 1 Co 11:21

Waiting for word from others

Job 29:21–23 ESV

“Men listened to me and waited and kept silence for my counsel. After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them. They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

See also 1 Sa 10:8; 1 Sa 20:19; 2 Sa 15:28; Lk 3:15

Waiting for God

For God’s instruction

Nu 9:8; Ps 106:13; Hab 2:1

For God’s promise

Hebrews 6:15 ESV

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

See also Hab 2:3; Lk 24:49; Ac 1:4–5; Heb 11:13

For God’s kingdom

Lk 2:25; Mk 15:43

For vindication from God

Habakkuk 3:16 ESV

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.

See also Ps 119:84; Is 51:5; Zep 3:8; Re 6:11

For Jesus Christ’s return

James 5:7–8 ESV

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. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

See also Lk 12:36; 1 Co 1:7; 1 Th 1:10; Heb 9:28

Believers and creation wait for renewal

Ro 8:19–21; Ro 8:23

See also Is 65:17; Ro 8:11; 1 Co 15:42–43; 2 Pe 3:13; 1 Jn 3:2; Re 21:1

Lying in wait to attack

Preparing for military assault

Jos 8:9; Jdg 9:32–33

Criminals wait for victims

Proverbs 1:11–13 ESV

If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason; like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder;

See also Dt 19:11; Ps 10:8; Pr 23:27–28; Pr 24:15; Je 5:26

The wicked lie in wait for God’s servants

Psalm 37:32 ESV

The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death.

See also Jdg 16:2 The Philistines lay in wait for Samson; Ps 59:3; Ps 71:10–11; Ps 119:95; Je 20:10 Jeremiah’s enemies were looking for an opportunity against him; Ac 23:21 Some Jews were waiting to kill Paul.

Jesus Christ’s enemies waited to trap him

Lk 11:53–54; Jn 7:1

See also Mt 12:10; Mk 11:18; Mk 12:13; Lk 20:20

Animals lie in wait for prey

Job 38:40; Ps 10:9; Je 5:6; La 3:10

Waiting as delaying

Joshua 18:3 ESV

So Joshua said to the people of Israel, “How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?

See also Jdg 18:9; 2 Ki 7:9; 2 Ki 9:3; Ec 5:4; Je 4:6; Ac 22:16

Waiting as a servant

Matthew 8:15 ESV

He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him.

See also 1 Ki 1:4; Lk 12:37; Lk 17:8; Ac 6:2

God waits for sinners to repent

2 Peter 3:9 ESV

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.