Genesis 49:18

18I await for your salvation, O Lord.

Isaiah 64:4

4 bFrom of old no one has heard
or perceived by the ear,
cno eye has seen a God besides you,
who acts for those who wait for him.

Lamentations 3:25-26

25 The Lord is good to those who dwait for him,
to the soul who seeks him.
26 eIt is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.

Matthew 24:42-44

42Therefore, fstay awake, for you do not know on what day gyour Lord is coming. 43 hBut know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night ithe thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. 44Therefore you also must be jready, for kthe Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Mark 13:34-37

34 lIt is like a man mgoing on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants
Greek bondservants
in charge, oeach with his work, and commands pthe doorkeeper to stay awake.
35 qTherefore stay awakefor you do not know when the master of the house will come, rin the evening, or sat midnight, or twhen the rooster crows,
That is, the third watch of the night, between midnight and 3 a.m.
or vin the morning
36lest whe come suddenly and xfind you asleep. 37And what I say to you I say to all: yStay awake.”

Luke 2:25-30

25Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was zrighteous and aadevout, abwaiting for acthe consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not adsee death before he had seen aethe Lord’s Christ. 27And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when afthe parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, 28he took him up in his arms and agblessed God and said,

29 Lord, now you are letting your servant
Greek bondservant
depart aiin peace,
ajaccording to your word;
30for akmy eyes have seen your alsalvation
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