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What Does the Bible Say About Gods Timing?

Here are 19 Bible verses about gods timing, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Ecclesiastes 3:1

    To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

    BSBTo everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

  2. #2Habakkuk 2:3

    For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

    BSBFor the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.

  3. #3Isaiah 40:31

    But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

    BSBBut those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

  4. #4Psalms 27:14

    Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

    BSBWait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!

  5. #5Proverbs 3:5-6

    Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

    BSBTrust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

  6. #6Galatians 6:9

    And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

    BSBLet us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

  7. #7Psalms 31:15

    My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

    BSBMy times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.

  8. #8Ecclesiastes 3:11

    He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

    BSBHe has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.

  9. #92 Peter 3:8

    But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

    BSBBeloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

  10. #10Ecclesiastes 8:6

    Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

    BSBFor there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.

  11. #11Lamentations 3:25-26

    The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

    BSBThe LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

  12. #12Genesis 18:14

    Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

    BSBIs anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”

  13. #13Psalms 46:10

    Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

    BSB“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”

  14. #14Psalms 37:7

    Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

    BSBBe still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

  15. #15Acts 1:7

    And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

    BSBJesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.

  16. #16Luke 18:27

    And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

    BSBBut Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

  17. #17Romans 8:28

    And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

    BSBAnd we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

  18. #18Hebrews 6:12

    That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

    BSBThen you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

  19. #19Micah 7:7

    Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

    BSBBut as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

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