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.

Cross References (50)

  • Lamentations 3:25–26 (42)

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

  • 2 Peter 3:9 (42)

    The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to

  • Proverbs 16:20 (31)

    Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.

  • Isaiah 25:9 (22)

    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

  • Isaiah 8:17 (21)

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

  • Psalms 34:8 (20)

    Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

  • Luke 15:20 (15)

    So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with comp

  • Isaiah 55:8 (15)

    “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

  • 2 Peter 3:15 (15)

    Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom

  • Psalms 27:14 (15)

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

  • Psalms 28:6–7 (13)

    Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy.

  • Isaiah 33:5 (12)

    The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

  • Psalms 46:10–11 (12)

    “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”

  • Psalms 40:1–3 (12)

    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.

  • Jeremiah 17:7 (11)

    But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.

  • Psalms 62:5–8 (11)

    Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.

  • Romans 9:22 (10)

    What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, pr

  • Acts 2:33–39 (9)

    Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out wha

  • Psalms 62:1–2 (9)

    For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from H

  • Jeremiah 31:18–20 (8)

    I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may retu

  • James 5:11 (8)

    See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome fr

  • Matthew 15:22–28 (8)

    And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is mi

  • Romans 8:25–28 (8)

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

  • Ephesians 1:20–23 (7)

    which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

  • Psalms 76:5–10 (7)

    The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.

  • 1 Samuel 2:3 (7)

    Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are

  • Isaiah 33:10–12 (6)

    “Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.

  • Luke 2:25 (6)

    Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israe

  • Malachi 2:17 (5)

    You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good

  • Ephesians 1:8 (5)

    that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

  • Luke 24:26–27 (5)

    Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”

  • Acts 5:31 (5)

    God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

  • Romans 5:20 (5)

    The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

  • Isaiah 26:7–8 (5)

    The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.

  • Psalms 2:12 (4)

    Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all w

  • Exodus 34:6 (4)

    Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to a

  • Isaiah 5:16 (4)

    But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.

  • Micah 7:18–20 (4)

    Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does

  • Job 35:14 (3)

    How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,

  • Hosea 5:15 (3)

    Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly se

  • Isaiah 18:4 (3)

    For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunsh

  • Deuteronomy 32:4 (3)

    He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and uprig

  • Ephesians 1:6 (3)

    to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

  • Hosea 11:8–9 (3)

    How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I tr

  • Romans 2:2–10 (3)

    And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.

  • Psalms 99:4 (3)

    The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.

  • Psalms 84:12 (3)

    O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!

  • Hosea 2:14 (2)

    “Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.

  • Isaiah 42:1–4 (2)

    “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will br

  • Jeremiah 10:24–25 (2)

    Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.