Waiting Upon God

A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Waiting Upon God’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.

Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.

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Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.

Isaiah 42:4 OT

He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”
Isaiah 60:9 OT

Surely the islands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.
Luke 12:36 NT

Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the wedding feast; that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.
James 5:7 NT

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
1 Samuel 1:2 OT

He had two wives. The name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
Mark 15:43 NT

Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.