Isaiah 40:31

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Isaiah 40:29–31 · Berean Standard Bible

29 He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.

31 But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

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Isaiah 8:17

I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

Isaiah 25:9

And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.

Psalms 25:3

Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.

Psalms 25:5

Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

Psalms 25:21

May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.

Psalms 27:14

Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!

Psalms 37:34

Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

Psalms 40:1

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

Psalms 84:7

They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.

Psalms 92:1

It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

Psalms 92:13

Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

Psalms 123:2

As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.

Lamentations 3:25

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

Lamentations 3:26

It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

Romans 8:25

But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

Judges 16:28

Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”

Job 17:9

Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

Job 33:24

to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’

Job 33:25

then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.

Job 33:26

He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.

Psalms 103:5

who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Psalms 138:3

On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.

2 Corinthians 1:8

We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

2 Corinthians 1:9

Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

2 Corinthians 1:10

He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,

2 Corinthians 4:8

We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

2 Corinthians 4:9

persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.

2 Corinthians 4:10

We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

2 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

2 Corinthians 12:9

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

2 Corinthians 12:10

That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Exodus 19:4

‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.

Song of Solomon 8:5

Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved?

Zechariah 10:12

I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.

Revelation 4:7

The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.

Psalms 27:13

Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Luke 18:1

Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.

Galatians 6:9

Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

Revelation 2:3

Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.