50 Encouraging Bible Verses About Waiting For Love

We all can attest to the fact that waiting for something or someone is never easy, waiting requires lots of patience. And patience is a virtue which some people lack, especially when they have to wait for love. Waiting for love to happen with the right person comes with mixed feelings like weariness, excitement, and uncertainty. The period of waiting is a very crucial phase in our life, any decision taken at this stage will either make life beautiful or make life dark and filled with regrets.If you have been waiting for love to happen with the right person, then this article is for you, here we will be giving you some Bible Verses about waiting for love to encourage you without becoming weary.

Waiting for love in this era seem almost impossible and unachievable. Societal pressure is one factor that makes waiting for love almost impossible. The society believes that there is a certain age which singlehood should end and anyone who is not married at this age or yet to be romantically involved is in a deep trouble. At that age, they make singlehood look like a disease and curse.

On the other hand, is family pressure and peer pressure. These pressure been mounted on singles makes some of them decide rashly on the choice of a partner. While waiting, it is paramount we guard our hearts and thoughts with the words of God to help us utilize our time and build up ourselves for the right partner.

What does the Bible say about waiting for love?

As always, using the Bible as our guideline for a beautiful and glorious leaving here on earth. Jesus speaking in the book of Psalm 37:4, he encouraged us to delight ourselves in the Lord for he will grant us the desires of our heart.

He also made us to understand in the scriptures Ecclesiastes 3:1 that there is time for everything under the heavens, including a time to be single and a time to be married. God knows that it is in human nature to worry and feel depressed that is why he gave us scriptures to help us stay motivated during our waiting time. Here are some Bible verses to encourage you during your waiting season;

Bible Verses About Waiting For Love;

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
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. – Ecclesiastes 3:8
Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! – Psalm 27:14
The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. – Lamentations 3:25-26
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. – Proverbs 3:5-6
And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. – James 1:4
For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. – Habakkuk 2:3
Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. – Psalm 33:20
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. – 2 Peter 3:9
For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. – Galatians 5:5
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. – Romans 5:5