Bible Verse About Waiting For Answered Prayer

If you have been waiting for answers to your prayers and wondering why God seems silent, then today’s article is for you. I want to share some Bible verses that provide comfort, hope, and guidance about waiting on the Lord and His promise to answer prayer in His perfect timing and way. Learning more of what Scripture says about this issue can help give us peace and perspective to continue persevering in faith.

Introductions

Dear friends, we often wonder why God delays in answering our heartfelt prayers. We cry out to Him, yet the heavens seem silent. But we can take comfort – the Bible reminds us that God hears the pleas of His children. Though the answers tarry, we must continue persevering in prayer.

The Lord has perfect timing. He works on behalf of those who wait for Him. We may not comprehend all His ways and purposes, but we can trust His wisdom and sovereignty. Just as a loving parent may delay granting a child’s request out of protective care and for the young one’s ultimate good – so our Heavenly Father’s delays stem from His perfect love and guidance over our lives.

While we wait, the Word exhorts us to patiently hope in the Lord, to continually seek His face. Our persistence reflects the depth of our faith. And our faithful God promises that those who earnestly seek Him will find Him and be satisfied. So let us lift our requests with bold confidence, aligning our wills to His. Let us quiet our souls before Him, relying on His strength to sustain us through seasons of silence.

Dear friends, now let’s look at some Bible verses below that talk about waiting on the Lord and His promise to answer prayer.

What does the Bible say about unanswered prayer?

Psalm 66:18
“If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me”

James 4:3
“Ye ask, receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts”

1 Peter 3:12
“For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil”

Isaiah 59:2
“But your iniquities have separated between you your God, your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear”

How long should I wait for an answer to prayer?

Psalm 27:14
“Wait on the Lord : be of good courage, he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord”

Psalm 37:7
“Rest in the Lord , wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass”

Isaiah 40:31
“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, not be weary; they shall walk, not faint”

Habakkuk 2:3
“For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry”

Why does God delay in answering prayers?

2 Peter 3:8-9
“But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance”

Psalm 13:1-2
“How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord ? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?”

Habakkuk 1:2-3
“O Lord , how long shall I cry, thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, thou wilt not save! Why dost thou shew me iniquity, cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling violence are before me: there are that raise up strife contention”

Isaiah 55:8-9
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord . For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, my thoughts than your thoughts”

Does God always answer prayers eventually?

Matthew 7:7-8
“Ask, it shall be given you; seek, ye shall find; knock, it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; he that seeketh findeth; to him that knocketh it shall be opened”

Psalm 145:18
“The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth”

Jeremiah 29:12
“Then shall ye call upon me, ye shall go pray unto me, I will hearken unto you”

1 John 5:14
“This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us”

What should I do while waiting for God to answer my prayers?

Philippians 4:6-7
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts minds through Christ Jesus”

Psalm 130:5-6
“I wait for the Lord , my soul doth wait, in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning”

Lamentations 3:25-26
“The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord”

How can I trust God even when my prayers aren’t answered?

Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, he shall direct thy paths”

Romans 8:28
“We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose”

Psalm 37:5
“Commit thy way unto the Lord ; trust also in him; he shall bring it to pass”

Isaiah 41:10
“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness”