Lamentations 3:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

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  • Ps 25:8 : 8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He will teach sinners in the way.
  • Ps 27:8 : 8 When You said, 'Seek My face,' my heart said to You, 'Your face, LORD, I will seek.'
  • Ps 27:14 : 14 Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the LORD.
  • Ps 37:7 : 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
  • Ps 37:34 : 34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
  • Ps 39:7 : 7 And now, Lord, what do I wait for? my hope is in you.
  • Ps 40:1-5 : 1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined to me and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps. 3 And He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God: many shall see it and fear and shall trust in the LORD. 4 Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust and does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 5 Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done, and Your thoughts which are toward us: they cannot be counted in order to You: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
  • Isa 25:9 : 9 And it will be said in that day, Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.
  • Gen 49:18 : 18 I have waited for your salvation, O LORD.
  • 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD 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.
  • 2 Chr 19:3 : 3 Nevertheless, there are good things found in you, in that you have removed the groves out of the land and have prepared your heart to seek God.
  • Mic 7:7-8 : 7 Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. 8 Do not rejoice against me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light to me.
  • 2 Chr 31:21 : 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
  • Ps 22:26 : 26 The humble shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD shall praise Him; your heart shall live forever.
  • Zeph 3:8 : 8 Therefore wait for me, says the LORD, until the day that I rise up for the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them my indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
  • 1 Thess 1:10 : 10 And to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
  • Jas 5:7 : 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain.
  • 2 Chr 30:19 : 19 That prepares his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind: for the LORD 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 26:9 : 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night; yes, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
  • Isa 30:18 : 18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious to you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all those who wait for him.
  • Isa 40:31 : 31 But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
  • Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.
  • Isa 64:4 : 4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, besides you, what you have prepared for him who waits for you.
  • Lam 3:26 : 26 It is good that one should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
  • Hos 10:12 : 12 Sow for yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
  • Ps 61:1 : 1 Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.
  • Ps 61:5 : 5 For you, O God, have heard my vows: you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
  • Ps 69:32 : 32 The humble shall see this and be glad; and your heart shall live that seek God.
  • Ps 105:3 : 3 Glory in his holy name: let the heart of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
  • Ps 119:2 : 2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, and who seek Him with their whole heart.
  • Ps 130:5-6 : 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word do I hope. 6 My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning; yes, more than those who watch for the morning.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lam 3:26-27
    2 verses
    87%

    26It is good that one should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

    27It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth.

  • 24The LORD is my portion, says my soul; therefore I will hope in Him.

  • Ps 130:5-7
    3 verses
    79%

    5I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word do I hope.

    6My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning; yes, more than those who watch for the morning.

    7Let Israel hope in the LORD, for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is abundant redemption.

  • 18And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious to you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all those who wait for him.

  • Ps 33:18-21
    4 verses
    77%

    18Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his mercy,

    19to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine.

    20Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.

    21For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

  • Ps 27:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

    14Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the LORD.

  • 5My soul, wait only upon God; for my expectation is from Him.

  • 1Truly my soul waits upon God; from Him comes my salvation.

  • 7And now, Lord, what do I wait for? my hope is in you.

  • 7The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who trust in him.

  • 1I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined to me and heard my cry.

  • 2O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for you. Be their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

  • 8O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man who trusts in him.

  • 7Blessed is the man that trusts in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

  • 7Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

  • 4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts.

  • 34Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

  • 17And I will wait upon the LORD, who hides His face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for Him.

  • 21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on You.

  • Ps 145:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

    9The LORD is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works.

  • 1Truly God is good to Israel, even to those who are of a pure heart.

  • 5Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yes, our God is merciful.

  • 5For You, Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon You.

  • 3Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises to his name; for it is pleasant.

  • 3Trust in the LORD and do good; so you shall dwell in the land, and truly you shall be fed.

  • 7Return to your rest, O my soul; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

  • 24Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you that hope in the LORD.

  • 9For evildoers shall be cut off; but those who wait on the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

  • 5Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

  • 6Therefore, turn to your God: keep mercy and justice, and wait on your God continually.

  • 9For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness.

  • 22Do not say, I will recompense evil; wait on the LORD, and He shall save you.

  • 11The LORD takes pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

  • 9Because of His strength I will wait upon you, for God is my defense.

  • 7Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

  • 8Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; the desire of our soul is for Your name and for the remembrance of You.

  • 9And it will be said in that day, Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.

  • 3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak and not lie: though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.

  • 3Glory in his holy name: let the heart of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

  • 2Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, until he has mercy upon us.

  • 5He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

  • 3Let Israel hope in the Lord from now and forever.