Waiting

When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.

Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.

“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.

Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John could be the Christ.

When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him.

…waiting to catch Him in something He might say.

Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

…who had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea and was waiting for the kingdom of God.

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”

The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.