40 Encouraging Bible Verses About Waiting For Love
Published January 21, 2022
Waiting for something is never easy. The uncertainty of when it will happen or if it will ever happen at all can be nerve-wracking. That’s never been more true if you’re waiting for the right person.
Admit it or not, being single is hard if everybody else is getting married. Add to that the constant societal pressure of having to settle down at a certain age. Sometimes, it can be so frustrating that we can’t help but ask ourselves, is love really worth such a long wait?
But as they say, the longer the wait, the sweeter the fruit. The longer you wait for something, the more you’ll finally appreciate it when it finally arrives. You won’t let it go easily. You’ll fight hard to keep it. And that’s what makes a long-awaited love so priceless.
So if you’re still waiting for the right person to come into your life, be steadfast and trust in God. He knows us more than we know ourselves. He knows the person who will be perfect for us, the person who will love us despite our imperfections, and the person who will stick with us through thick and thin. And that person will come to us in God’s perfect time.
If the wait is tiring you out, here are some bible verses about waiting for love to encourage you:
- For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. –Jeremiah 29:11
- But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. –Isaiah 40:31
- Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. –Matthew 7:7
- Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord. –Psalm 31:24
- I can do all things through him who strengthens me. –Philippians 4:13
- Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. – 1 Peter 5:7
- For everything, there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven. – Ecclesiastes 3:1
- Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. – Romans 12:9
- We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. –2 Corinthians 4:18
- Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. –Proverbs 4:23
- I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word, I put my hope. –Psalm 130:5
- The LORD God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him. –Genesis 2:18
- But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. –Romans 8:25
- Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. –Song of Solomon 8:4
- Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. –Psalm 37:4-5
- And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. – Galatians 6:9
- You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts in you. – Isaiah 26:3
- Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. –Proverbs 3:5
- You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. –Hebrews 10:36
- The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? –Jeremiah 17:9
- Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh. –Romans 13:14
- Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. – Hebrews 13:4
- He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. – Ecclesiastes 3:11
- And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4:7
- Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. –1 Corinthians 13:4-6
- And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. –1 John 5:14-15
- Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.-Romans 12:12
- Look at the nations and watch– and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. –Habakkuk 1:5
- So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. – 2 Timothy 2:22
- For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. – Matthew 7:8
- Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices! – Psalm 37:7
- For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. – Romans 8:38-39
- Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. – Song of Solomon 8:6
- Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you, therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! – Isaiah 30:18
- Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. – Psalm 62:5
- Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him for God is our refuge. – Psalm 62:8
- But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. – Matthew 6:33
- He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them. – Psalm 145:19
- Can any one of you, by worrying, add a single hour to your life? – Matthew 6:27
- Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. – Joshua 1:9
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