Isa 30:18, Rom 2:4-5, 9:22, 2Pe 3:15 | ESV | STEP | Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice ; blessed are all those who wait for him.

Isaiah 30:18

The Lord Will Be Gracious

18 Therefore the Lord ^awaits to be gracious to you,
and therefore he ^bexalts himself to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
^cblessed are all those who wait for him.

Romans 2:4-5

4 Or do you presume on ^dthe riches of his kindness and ^eforbearance and ^fpatience, ^gnot knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? 5 But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are ^hstoring up ⁱwrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Romans 9:22

22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience ^jvessels of wrath ^kprepared for destruction,

2 Peter 3:15

15 And count ^lthe patience of our Lord as salvation, just as ^mour beloved brother Paul also wrote to you ⁿaccording to the wisdom given him,