Quotes about Expectation
They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
- Job 6:20
Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
- Job 29:21
They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
- Job 29:23
But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
- Job 30:26
Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?
- Job 32:16
Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.
- Job 32:19
In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
- Psalm 5:3
And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
- Psalm 39:7
My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait for the morning.
- Psalm 130:6
For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
- Proverbs 23:18
He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!
- Isaiah 5:2
What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?
- Isaiah 5:4