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Lamentations 3:26

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It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

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Psalms 37:7Rank 1 from verse 26
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⁷Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Psalms 37:34Rank 2 from verse 26
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³⁴Wait 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 130:5Rank 3 from verse 26
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⁵I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
Genesis 49:18Rank 4 from verse 26
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¹⁸I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.
Hebrews 10:35Rank 5 from verse 26
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³⁵Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
1 Peter 1:13Rank 6 from verse 26
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¹³Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Hebrews 3:14Rank 7 from verse 26
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¹⁴For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Isaiah 30:15Rank 8 from verse 26
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¹⁵For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Psalms 119:166Rank 9 from verse 26
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¹⁶⁶Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
2 Chronicles 20:17Rank 10 from verse 26
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¹⁷Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you.
Psalms 119:174Rank 11 from verse 26
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¹⁷⁴I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.
Psalms 52:9Rank 12 from verse 26
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⁹I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
Psalms 54:6Rank 13 from verse 26
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⁶I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O Lord; for it is good.
Galatians 4:18Rank 14 from verse 26
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¹⁸But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
Isaiah 30:7Rank 15 from verse 26
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⁷For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
Psalms 73:28Rank 16 from verse 26
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²⁸But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.
Psalms 92:1Rank 17 from verse 26
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¹IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
Exodus 14:13Rank 18 from verse 26
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¹³¶ And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

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Lamentations 3:26

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good

Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

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man

1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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should

A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

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hope

1. Expectation, trust, reliance, or the good expected. 2. The person or ground on which expectation rests. 3. To expect, look for, trust, or rely upon.

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quietly

1. Calmly or without disturbance. 2. Privately or without attracting notice.

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wait

Sense 1: To remain in expectation or readiness. Sense 2: To attend or serve. Sense 3: As a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.

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for

1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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LORD

The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.

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²⁵The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

²⁶It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

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²⁷It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.