Lamentations 3:26

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

It is good to wait patiently for deliverance from the LORD.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:7 : 7 Wait patiently for the LORD! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes!
  • Heb 10:35 : 35 So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward.
  • Heb 3:14 : 14 For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end.
  • Ps 119:166 : 166 I hope for your deliverance, O LORD, and I obey your commands.
  • Ps 119:174 : 174 I long for your deliverance, O LORD; I find delight in your law.
  • Ps 130:5 : 5 I rely on the LORD, I rely on him with my whole being; I wait for his assuring word.
  • Isa 30:7 : 7 Egypt is totally incapable of helping. For this reason I call her‘Proud one who is silenced.’”
  • Isa 30:15 : 15 For this is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel says:“If you repented and patiently waited for me, you would be delivered; if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength, but you are unwilling.
  • Gal 4:18 : 18 However, it is good to be sought eagerly for a good purpose at all times, and not only when I am present with you.
  • Ps 37:34 : 34 Rely on the LORD! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.
  • Ps 52:9 : 9 I will continually thank you when you execute judgment; I will rely on you, for your loyal followers know you are good.
  • Ps 54:6 : 6 With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you! I will give thanks to your name, O LORD, for it is good!
  • Ps 73:28 : 28 But as for me, God’s presence is all I need. I have made the Sovereign LORD my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done.
  • Ps 92:1 : 1 A psalm; a song for the Sabbath day. It is fitting to thank the LORD, and to sing praises to your name, O Most High!
  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
  • Gen 49:18 : 18 I wait for your deliverance, O LORD.
  • Exod 14:13 : 13 Moses said to the people,“Do not fear! Stand firm and see the salvation of the LORD that he will provide for you today; for the Egyptians that you see today you will never, ever see again.
  • 2 Chr 20:17 : 17 You will not fight in this battle. Take your positions, stand, and watch the LORD deliver you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Tomorrow march out toward them; the LORD is with you!’”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lam 3:24-25
    2 verses
    87%

    24“My portion is the LORD,” I have said to myself, so I will put my hope in him.

    25ט(Tet) The LORD is good to those who trust in him, to the one who seeks him.

  • Lam 3:27-28
    2 verses
    82%

    27It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.

    28י(Yod) Let a person sit alone in silence, when the LORD is disciplining him.

  • Ps 130:5-7
    3 verses
    77%

    5I rely on the LORD, I rely on him with my whole being; I wait for his assuring word.

    6I yearn for the Lord, more than watchmen do for the morning, yes, more than watchmen do for the morning.

    7O Israel, hope in the LORD, for the LORD exhibits loyal love, and is more than willing to deliver.

  • Isa 30:18
    76%

    18The Lord Will Not Abandon His People For this reason the LORD is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the LORD is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.

  • Ps 39:7
    76%

    7But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope!

  • Ps 27:13-14
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    75%

    13Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the LORD’s favor in the land of the living?

    14Rely on the LORD! Be strong and confident! Rely on the LORD!

  • Jer 17:7
    75%

    7My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me.

  • Ps 62:1
    73%

    1For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me.

  • Ps 37:7
    73%

    7Wait patiently for the LORD! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes!

  • Ps 62:5
    72%

    5Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! For he is the one who gives me hope.

  • Rom 8:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?

    25But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance.

  • Ps 31:24
    72%

    24Be strong and confident, all you who wait on the LORD!

  • Ps 33:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20We wait for the LORD; he is our deliverer and shield.

    21For our hearts rejoice in him, for we trust in his holy name.

  • Ps 131:3
    72%

    3O Israel, hope in the LORD now and forevermore!

  • Lam 3:21
    71%

    21But this I call to mind; therefore I have hope:

  • Ps 38:15
    71%

    15Yet I wait for you, O LORD! You will respond, O Lord, my God!

  • Isa 8:17
    71%

    17I will wait patiently for the LORD, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.

  • Ps 118:8
    70%

    8It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in people.

  • Ps 146:5
    70%

    5How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

  • Mic 7:7
    70%

    7But I will keep watching for the LORD; I will wait for the God who delivers me. My God will listen to me.

  • Isa 33:2
    70%

    2LORD, be merciful to us! We wait for you. Give us strength each morning! Deliver us when distress comes.

  • Ps 37:34
    70%

    34Rely on the LORD! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.

  • Hab 2:3
    70%

    3For the message is a witness to what is decreed; it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; for it will certainly come to pass– it will not arrive late.

  • Isa 25:9
    70%

    9At that time they will say,“Look, here is our God! We waited for him and he delivered us. Here is the LORD! We waited for him. Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”

  • Ps 119:166
    69%

    166I hope for your deliverance, O LORD, and I obey your commands.

  • Ps 40:1
    69%

    1For the music director; By David, a psalm. I relied completely on the LORD, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help.

  • Gen 49:18
    69%

    18I wait for your deliverance, O LORD.

  • Ps 25:21
    69%

    21May integrity and godliness protect me, for I rely on you!

  • Prov 20:22
    69%

    22Do not say,“I will pay back evil!” Wait for the LORD, so that he may vindicate you.

  • Ps 37:3
    69%

    3Trust in the LORD and do what is right! Settle in the land and maintain your integrity!

  • Heb 10:36
    68%

    36For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised.

  • Hos 12:6
    68%

    6But you must return to your God, by maintaining love and justice, and by waiting for your God to return to you.

  • Prov 10:28
    68%

    28The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked perishes.

  • 1 Tim 2:3
    68%

    3Such prayer for all is good and welcomed before God our Savior,

  • Ps 34:8
    68%

    8Taste and see that the LORD is good! How blessed is the one who takes shelter in him!

  • Ps 119:81
    68%

    81כ(Kaf) I desperately long for your deliverance. I find hope in your word.

  • Nah 1:7
    68%

    7The LORD is good– indeed, he is a fortress in time of distress, and he protects those who seek refuge in him.

  • Hab 3:18
    68%

    18I will rejoice because of the LORD; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!

  • Prov 13:12
    68%

    12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.

  • Ps 37:9
    68%

    9Wicked men will be wiped out, but those who rely on the LORD are the ones who will possess the land.

  • Mic 1:12
    68%

    12Indeed, the residents of Maroth hope for something good to happen, though the LORD has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem.

  • Ps 37:39
    68%

    39But the LORD delivers the godly; he protects them in times of trouble.

  • Jer 3:23
    68%

    23We know our noisy worship of false gods on the hills and mountains did not help us. We know that the LORD our God is the only one who can deliver Israel.