Lamentations 3:25

The LORD is good to those who wait for him and seek him. It affirms God's goodness to the patient and seeking soul.

Cross-references · 32

• Mic 7:7–8But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
• Isa 40:31But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
• Ps 130:5–6I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.
• Lam 3:26It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
• Ps 37:34Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
• Ps 40:1–5For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.
• Ps 27:14Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.
• Ps 37:7Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
• Isa 25:9It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”
• Isa 30:18Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
• Jas 5:7Be 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.
• Hos 10:12Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
• Isa 64:4For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.
• Ps 27:8When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, Yahweh.”
• 2 Chr 31:21In every work that he began in the service of God’s house, in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
• Ps 39:7Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
• 1 Chr 28:9You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
• Isa 55:6Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
• 2 Chr 15:2and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
• Ps 25:8Good and upright is Yahweh, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.
• 1 Th 1:10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead — Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
• Ps 119:2Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
• Gen 49:18I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
• Ps 61:1For the Chief Musician. For a stringed instrument. By David. Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer.
• Ps 61:5For you, God, have heard my vows. You have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
• Ps 105:3Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
• Ps 22:26The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
• Isa 26:9With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
• 2 Chr 19:3Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.”
• 2 Chr 30:19who sets his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his fathers, even if they aren’t clean according to the purification of the sanctuary.”
• Zeph 3:8“Therefore wait for me”, says Yahweh, “until the day that I rise up to the prey, for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation, even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
• Ps 69:32The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.

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