Psalms 39:7
And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? my hope is in you.
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Psalms 39:7
And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? my hope is in you.
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Genesis 43:14
And may God, the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back your other brother and Benjamin. If my children are to be taken from me; there is no help for it.
Job 17:11
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.
Job 17:12
They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.
Job 17:13
If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark;
Job 17:14
If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;
Job 17:15
Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire?
1 Corinthians 15:19
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.
2 Corinthians 1:8
For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:
2 Corinthians 1:9
Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead:
2 Corinthians 1:10
Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation;
1 Thessalonians 3:3
So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.
1 Thessalonians 3:4
And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see.
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Genesis 47:9
And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers.
Job 14:1
As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.
Job 14:2
He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.
Psalms 39:12
Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.
Psalms 90:5
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Psalms 90:6
In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.
Psalms 90:7
We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath.
Psalms 90:8
You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.
Psalms 90:9
For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.
Psalms 90:10
The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.
Psalms 90:12
So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
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1 Samuel 30:6
And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.
Job 13:15
Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;
Psalms 13:5
But I have had faith in your mercy; my heart will be glad in your salvation.
Psalms 40:2
He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.
Psalms 40:3
And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God; numbers have seen it with fear, and put their faith in the Lord.
Psalms 40:4
Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.
Psalms 43:5
Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
Psalms 71:4
O my God, take me out of the hand of the sinner, out of the hand of the evil and cruel man.
Lamentations 3:24
I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.
Habakkuk 3:17
For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house:
Romans 4:20
Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God,
1 Peter 1:21
Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
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Job 22:25
Then the Ruler of all will be your gold, and his teaching will be your silver;
Zechariah 9:3
And Tyre made for herself a strong place, and got together silver like dust and the best gold like the earth of the streets.
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Job 37:4
After it a voice is sounding, thundering out the word of his power; he does not keep back his thunder-flames; from his mouth his voice is sounding.
Job 37:5
He does wonders, more than may be searched out; great things of which we have no knowledge;
Job 40:9
Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?
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Psalms 22:9
But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts.
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Psalms 10:17
Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:
Psalms 27:4
One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.
Psalms 36:8
The delights of your house will be showered on them; you will give them drink from the river of your pleasures.
Psalms 37:4
So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.
Psalms 119:5
If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!
Psalms 119:10
I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching.
Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.
Jeremiah 17:16
As for me, I have not said; Let the day of trouble come to them quickly; and I have not been hoping for the death-giving day; you have knowledge of what came from my lips; it was open before you.
Matthew 5:6
Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.
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Psalms 33:22
Let your mercy be on us, O Lord, as we are waiting for you.
Psalms 37:7
Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.
Psalms 40:5
O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.
Psalms 71:14
But I will go on ever hoping, and increasing in all your praise.
Isaiah 26:8
We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name.
Isaiah 26:9
In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.
Isaiah 33:2
O Lord, have mercy on us; for we have been waiting for your help: be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble.
Jeremiah 17:8
For he will be like a tree planted by the waters, pushing out its roots by the stream; he will have no fear when the heat comes, but his leaf will be green; in a dry year he will have no care, and will go on giving fruit.
Luke 2:25
And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.
Hebrews 10:36
For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.
Hebrews 10:37
In a very little time he who is coming will come; he will not be slow.
James 5:7
Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.
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Psalms 39:1
To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David. I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.
Psalms 39:3
My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue,
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Psalms 25:8
Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.
Psalms 25:21
For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.
Psalms 33:20
Our souls are waiting for the Lord; he is our help and our salvation.
Psalms 61:1
To the chief music-maker. On a corded instrument. Of David. Let my cry come to you, O God; let your ears be open to my prayer.
Psalms 61:5
For you, O God, have made answer to my prayers; you have given me the heritage of those who give honour to your name.
Psalms 69:3
I am tired with my crying; my throat is burning: my eyes are wasted with waiting for my God.
Psalms 73:1
Truly, God is good to Israel, even to such as are clean in heart.
Isaiah 30:18
For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.
Isaiah 40:31
But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.
Micah 7:8
Do not be glad because of my sorrow, O my hater: after my fall I will be lifted up; when I am seated in the dark, the Lord will be a light to me.
Zephaniah 3:8
For this reason, go on waiting for me, says the Lord, till the day when I come up as a witness: for my purpose is to send for the nations and to get the kingdoms together, so that I may let loose on them my passion, even all my burning wrath: for all the earth will be burned up in the fire of my bitter passion.
2 Thessalonians 3:5
And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.
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Psalms 78:44
So that their rivers were turned to blood, and they were not able to get drink from their streams.
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Psalms 123:1
A Song of the going up. To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens.
Psalms 123:2
See! as the eyes of servants are turned to the hands of their masters, and the eyes of a servant-girl to her owner, so our eyes are waiting for the Lord our God, till he has mercy on us.
Psalms 123:3
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for all men are looking down on us.
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Ecclesiastes 2:9
And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.
Ecclesiastes 2:10
And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:12
And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.
Matthew 13:45
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels.
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Job 28:18
There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls.
Psalms 4:6
There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.
Psalms 4:7
Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.
Ecclesiastes 2:2
Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?
Ecclesiastes 2:3
I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.
Ecclesiastes 2:4
I undertook great works, building myself houses and planting vine-gardens.
Ecclesiastes 2:5
I made myself gardens and fruit gardens, planting in them fruit-trees of all sorts.
Ecclesiastes 2:6
I made pools to give water for the woods with their young trees.
Ecclesiastes 2:7
I got men-servants and women-servants, and they gave birth to sons and daughters in my house. I had great wealth of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.
Ecclesiastes 2:8
I got together silver and gold and the wealth of kings and of countries. I got makers of song, male and female; and the delights of the sons of men--girls of all sorts to be my brides.
Ecclesiastes 2:20
So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.
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Psalms 39:11
By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
Psalms 103:15
As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.
Psalms 103:16
The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer.
Isaiah 2:22
Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.
Romans 13:11
See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.
Romans 13:12
The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,
Hebrews 13:13
Let us then go out to him outside the circle of the tents, taking his shame on ourselves.
Hebrews 13:14
For here we have no fixed resting-place, but our search is for the one which is to come.
James 3:14
But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;
2 Peter 3:8
But, my loved ones, keep in mind this one thing, that with the Lord one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years are no more than one day.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.
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Isaiah 8:17
And I will be waiting for the Lord, whose face is veiled from the house of Jacob, and I will be looking for him.
Isaiah 30:10
Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:
Hosea 12:6
So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God.
Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back.
Philippians 1:20
In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.
Hebrews 10:38
But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.
Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of those who go back to destruction; but of those who have faith even to the salvation of the soul.
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Jeremiah 14:8
O you hope of Israel, its saviour in time of trouble, why are you like one who is strange in the land, and like a traveller putting up his tent for a night?
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Jeremiah 50:7
They have been attacked by all those who came across them: and their attackers said, We are doing no wrong, because they have done evil against the Lord in whom is righteousness, against the Lord, the hope of their fathers.
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Psalms 37:20
But the wrongdoers will come to destruction, and the haters of the Lord will be like the fat of lambs, they will be burned up; they will go up in smoke, and never again be seen.
Psalms 39:10
No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.
Psalms 49:12
But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
Psalms 62:10
Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.
Isaiah 40:8
The grass is dry, the flower is dead; but the word of our God is eternal.
1 Corinthians 7:30
And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing;
1 Corinthians 7:31
And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.
1 John 2:17
And the world and its desires is coming to an end: but he who does God's pleasure is living for ever.
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