Haller's Concordance: WAIT
- I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel. Gen. 3:15
- And when his kinsman had seen all things that he did among the people, he said: What is it that thou dost among the people? Why sittest thou alone, and all the people wait from morning till night? Ex. 18:14
- But he that did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands: I will appoint thee a place to which he must flee. Ex. 21:13
- If a man kill his neighbour on set purpose, and by lying in wait for him: thou shalt take him away from my altar that he may die. Ex. 21:14
- Said to the ancients: Wait ye here till we return to you. You have Aaron and Hur with you: if any question shall arise, you shall refer it to them. Ex. 24:14
- For when I shall have taken away the nations from thy face, and shall have enlarged thy borders, no man shall lie in wait against thy land when thou shalt go up, and appear in the sight of the Lord thy God thrice in a year. Ex. 34:24
- But if any man hating his neighbour, lie in wait for his life, and rise and strike him, and he die, and he flee to one of the cities aforesaid, Dt. 19:11
- And depart not hence, till I return to thee, and bring a sacrifice, and offer it to thee. And he answered: I will wait thy coming. Judg. 6:18
- Men lying privately in wait with her, and in the chamber, expecting the event of the thing, and she cried out to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he broke the bands, as a man would break a thread of tow twined with spittle, when it smelleth the fire: so it was not known wherein his strength lay. Judg. 16:9
- If you would wait till they were grown up, and come to man's estate, you would be old women before you marry. Do not so, my daughters, I beseech you: for I am grieved the more for your distress, and the hand of the Lord is gone out against me. Ruth 1:13
- And Noemi said: Wait, my daughter, till we see what end the thing will have. For the man will not rest until he have accomplished what he hath said. Ruth 3:18
- And thou shalt go down before me to Galgal, (for I will come down to thee), that thou mayst offer an oblation, and sacrifice victims of peace: seven days shalt thou wait, till I come to thee, and I will shew thee what thou art to do. 1 Ki. 10:8
- Go, therefore, I pray you, and use all diligence, and curiously inquire, and consider the place where his foot is, and who hath seen him there: for he thinketh of me, that I lie craftily in wait for him. 1 Ki. 23:22
- Moreover, see and know, O my father, the hem of thy robe in my hand, that when I cut off the hem of thy robe, I would not put out my hand against thee. Reflect, and see, that there is no evil in my hand, nor iniquity, neither have I sinned against thee: but thou liest in wait for my life, to take it away. 1 Ki. 24:11
- Berzellai also the Galaadite coming down from Rogelim, brought the king over the Jordan, being ready also to wait on him beyond the river. 2 Ki. 19:31
- Then we set forward from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. 1 Esd. 8:31
- Now the chief of the Levites were Hasebia, Serebia, and Josue the son of Cedmihel: and their brethren by their courses, to praise and to give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, and to wait equally in order. 2 Esd. 12:24
- Ozias rising up all in tears, said: Be of good courage, my brethren, and let us wait these five days for mercy from the Lord. Jud. 7:23
- Let us humbly wait for his consolation, and the Lord our God will require our blood of the afflictions of our enemies, and he will humble all the nations that shall rise up against us, and bring them to disgrace. Jud. 8:20
- Consider the paths of Thema, the ways of Saba, and wait a little while. Job 6:19
- If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness. Job 17:13
- They have destroyed my ways, they have lain in wait against me, and they have prevailed, and there was none to help. Job 30:13
- If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend's door: Job 31:9
- If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait: Job 31:16
- When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes? Job 38:40
- His eyes are upon the poor man: he lieth in wait, in secret, like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush, that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him. Ps. 10:9
- Neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on thee shall be confounded. Ps. 25:3
- Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord. Ps. 27:14
- For evildoers shall be cut off: but they that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the land. Ps. 37:9
- I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints. Ps. 52:9
- Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the just wait for me, until thou reward me. Ps. 142:7
- If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause: Pr. 1:11
- And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls. Pr. 1:18
- Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners. Pr. 7:12
- The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood: the mouth of the just shall deliver them. Pr. 12:6
- Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord, and he will deliver thee. Pr. 20:22
- She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill. Pr. 23:28
- Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest. Pr. 24:15
- Let us, therefore, lie in wait for the just, because he is not for our turn, and he is contrary to our doings, and upbraideth us with transgressions of the law, and divulgeth against us the sins of our way of life. Wis. 2:12
- They shall wait for me when I hold my peace, and they shall look upon me when I speak; and if I talk much, they shall lay their hands on their mouth. Wis. 8:12
- Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God, and endure, that thy life may be increased in the latter end. Sir. 2:3
- Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy: and go not aside from him lest ye fall. Sir. 2:7
- Come to her as one that plougheth, and soweth, and wait for her good fruits: Sir. 6:19
- For he lieth in wait and turneth good into evil, and on the elect he will lay a blot. Sir. 11:33
- Of one spark cometh a great fire, and of one deceitful man much blood: and a sinful man lieth in wait for blood. Sir. 11:34
- An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he lieth in wait, to throw thee into a pit. Sir. 12:15
- Humble thyself to God, and wait for his hands. Sir. 13:9
- The lion always lieth in wait for prey: so do sins for them that work iniquities. Sir. 27:11
- Mockery and reproach are of the proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie in wait for him. Sir. 27:31
- And take heed lest thou slip with thy tongue, and fall in the sight of thy enemies who lie in wait for thee, and thy fall be incurable unto death. Sir. 28:30
- The Lord is only for them that wait upon him in the way of truth and justice. Sir. 34:22
- Reward them that patiently wait for thee, that thy prophets may be found faithful: and hear the prayers of thy servants, Sir. 36:18
- How thou deliverest them that wait for thee, O Lord, and savest them out of the hands of the nations. Sir. 51:12
- And I will wait for the Lord, who hath hid his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. Isa. 8:17
- Therefore the Lord waiteth that he may have mercy on you: and therefore shall he be exalted sparing you: because the Lord is the God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. Isa. 30:18
- He shall not be sad, nor troublesome, till he set judgment in the earth, and the islands shall wait for his law. Isa. 42:4
- And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and queens thy nurses: they shall worship thee with their face toward the earth, and they shall lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, for they shall not be confounded that wait for him. Isa. 49:23
- My just one is near at hand, my saviour is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the people: the islands shall look for me, and shall patiently wait for my arm. Isa. 51:5
- For, the islands wait for me, and the ships of the sea in the beginning: that I may bring thy sons from afar: their silver, and their gold with them, to the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. Isa. 60:9
- From the beginning of the world they have not heard, nor perceived with the ears: the eye hath not seen, O God, besides thee, what things thou hast prepared for them that wait for thee. Isa. 64:4
- For among my people are found wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps to catch men. Jer. 5:26
- Their tongue is a piercing arrow, it hath spoken deceit: with his mouth one speaketh peace with his friend, and secretly he lieth in wait for him. Jer. 9:8
- Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places. Lam. 3:10
- Heth. The Lord is my portion, said my soul: therefore will I wait for him. Lam. 3:24
- Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God. Lam. 3:26
- Coph. Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the air: they pursued us upon the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness. Lam. 4:19
- And I said to her: Thou shalt wait for me many days: thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt be no man's, and I also will wait for thee. Osee 3:3
- The holy man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, every one hunteth his brother to death. Mic. 7:2
- But I will look towards the Lord, I will wait for God, my saviour: my God will hear me. Mic. 7:7
- For as yet the vision is far off, and it shall appear at the end, and shall not lie: if it make any delay, wait for it: for it shall surely come, and it shall not be slack. Hab. 2:3
- And this was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an evil devil in Israel. 1 Ma. 1:38
- And he remembered the malice of the children of Bean: who were a snare and a stumblingblock to the people, by lying in wait for them in the way. 1 Ma. 5:4
- Moreover, considering that neighbouring princes, and borderers, wait for opportunities, and expect what shall be the event, I have appointed my son, Antiochus, king, whom I often recommended to many of you, when I went into the higher provinces: and I have written to him what I have joined here below. 2 Ma. 9:25
- And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him, because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. Mk. 3:9
- Lying in wait for him and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him. Lk. 11:54
- And you yourselves like to men who wait for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately. Lk. 12:36
- And eating together with them, he commanded them, that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but should wait for the promise of the Father, which you have heard (saith he) by my mouth. Acts 1:4
- But their laying in wait was made known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night, that they might kill him. Acts 9:24
- Where, when he had spent three months, the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria. So he took a resolution to return through Macedonia. Acts 20:3
- Save that the Holy Ghost in every city witnesseth to me, saying: That bands and afflictions wait for me at Jerusalem. Acts 20:23
- Which when Paul's sister's son had heard, of their lying in wait, he came and entered into the castle and told Paul. Acts 23:16
- But do not thou give credit to them: for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves by oath neither to eat nor to drink, till they have killed him. And they are now ready, looking for a promise from thee. Acts 23:21
- Requesting favour against him, that he would command him to be brought to Jerusalem, laying wait to kill him in the way. Acts 25:3
- But if we hope for that which we see not, we wait for it with patience. Rom. 8:25
- Wherefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 1 Cor. 11:33
- For we in spirit, by faith, wait for the hope of justice. Gal. 5:5
- That henceforth we be no more children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the wickedness of men, by cunning craftiness by which they lie in wait to deceive. Eph. 4:14
- And to wait for his Son from heaven (whom he raised up from the dead), Jesus, who hath delivered us from the wrath to come. 1 Th. 1:10