therefore

Isaiah 55:8
"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, " declares the LORD.

Exodus 34:6
Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: "The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and truth,

Hosea 2:14
"Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.

Romans 5:20
The Law was given so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

Romans 9:15-18
For He says to Moses: "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." . . .

wait

Isaiah 18:4
For this is what the LORD has told me: "I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."

Isaiah 57:17, 18
I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart. . . .

Jeremiah 31:18-20
I have surely heard Ephraim's moaning: 'You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, and I will return, for You are the LORD my God. . . .

Hosea 5:15
Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me."

Hosea 6:1, 2
Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind us up. . . .

Hosea 11:8, 9
How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred! . . .

Jonah 3:4-10
On the first day of his walk, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, "Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!" . . .

Matthew 15:22-28
And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon." . . .

Luke 15:20
So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.

Romans 9:22
What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

2 Peter 3:9, 15
The Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance. . . .

will he be

Isaiah 33:10-12
"Now I will arise, " says the LORD. "Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted. . . .

Psalm 46:10, 11
"Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth." . . .

Psalm 76:5-10
The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand. . . .

Luke 24:26, 27
Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?" . . .

Acts 2:33-39
Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. . . .

Acts 5:31
God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

Ephesians 1:6, 20-23
to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One. . . .

for the Lord

Isaiah 33:5
The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

Isaiah 42:1-4
Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations. . . .

Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

1 Samuel 2:3
Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.

Job 35:14
How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,

Psalm 99:4
The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Jeremiah 10:24, 25
Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice--not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing. . . .

Micah 7:18-20
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance--who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? . . .

Malachi 2:17
You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, "How have we wearied Him?" By saying, "All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights, " or, "Where is the God of justice?"

Romans 2:2-10
And we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. . . .

Ephesians 1:8
that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

blessed

Isaiah 8:17
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

Isaiah 25:9
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."

Isaiah 26:7, 8
The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the righteous. . . .

Isaiah 40:31
But 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.

Psalm 2:12
Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.

Psalm 27:14
Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD.

Psalm 28:6, 7
Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy. . . .

Psalm 34:8
Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

Psalm 40:1-3
I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. . . .

Psalm 62:1, 2, 5-8
In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him. . . .

Psalm 84:12
O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!

Proverbs 16:20
Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.

Jeremiah 17:7
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is Him.

Lamentations 3:25, 26
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. . . .

Micah 7:7-9
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. . . .

Luke 2:25
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.

Romans 8:25-28
But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently. . . .

James 5:11
See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.