Waited

Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.

And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.

So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.

Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.

On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to depart, but the girl’s father said, “Please refresh your heart.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.

And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.

When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.

…and the prophet went and waited on the road for the king, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.

They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.

Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.

He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!

And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”

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

These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.

…who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.