God’s timing is described throughout Scripture as reliable but rarely on a human schedule. This page gathers verified verses on what the Bible teaches about God’s timing specifically.
Every verse below is drawn from a verified King James Version text.
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Psalms 27:5
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Psalms 27:14
I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psalms 34:1
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Psalms 37:9
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Psalms 37:19
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
Psalms 37:34
But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
Psalms 37:39
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Psalms 121:8
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
Psalms 145:15
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:1
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Ecclesiastes 3:2
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Ecclesiastes 3:3
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
Ecclesiastes 3:5
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Ecclesiastes 3:6
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Ecclesiastes 3:7
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:8
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
Ecclesiastes 3:17
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31
All verses are quoted from the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation.
Ecclesiastes 3:1’s statement that there is “a time to every purpose under the heaven” frames all of life, including its hardest seasons, within a larger sense of appointed timing.
Isaiah 40:31’s promise to those who “wait upon the LORD” ties renewed strength directly to waiting for God’s timing rather than forcing an outcome early.
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Every verse on this page is drawn from the King James Version, a public-domain translation available in full at Blue Letter Bible for anyone who wants to study the wider context.
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Every verse gathered in Bible Verses About God’s Timing was originally written as part of a larger passage, letter, or narrative. Reading a single verse on its own is genuinely useful, but if one particular verse stands out to you, it is worth taking a few extra minutes to read the surrounding chapter. Context rarely changes what a verse means, but it often deepens it.
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Every verse in Bible Verses About God’s Timing is drawn from the King James Version specifically, a translation completed in 1611 that remains one of the most widely quoted English versions of Scripture. Its language is more formal than modern translations, which some readers find adds a certain weight to familiar passages.
The twenty verses in Bible Verses About God’s Timing were selected specifically because they speak directly to this subject, rather than only mentioning it in passing. Some are well known; others are easy to overlook on a first read through Scripture. Both kinds are included here because familiarity is not the same as relevance — a lesser-known verse can sometimes say exactly what a well-known one does not.
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A handful of verses in Bible Verses About God’s Timing tend to stand out more than the rest on repeated reading, though which ones stand out often differs from person to person. There is no wrong choice here — the verse that matters most is usually the one that speaks directly to whatever you are carrying at the time you read it.
Twenty verses is enough to give a genuine sense of how often Scripture returns to this subject, without becoming so long that no single verse gets the attention it deserves. Shorter lists risk missing important passages; much longer ones risk turning into a list nobody actually reads all the way through.
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God’s timing is consistently described as reliable, even when it does not match the timeline a person was hoping for.