Isaiah 42:14

"I have certainly stayed silent for a long time; I've kept still and held myself back. Now, like a woman giving birth, I'll cry out. All of a sudden I'll gasp and pant.

Job 32:18

because I'm filled with things to say, and my spirit within me compels me to speak.

Job 32:20

"Let me speak! I need relief! Let me open my lips and respond.

Psalm 50:2

From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined forth.

Psalm 83:1-2

God, do not rest! Don't be silent! Don't stay inactive, God!

Ecclesiastes 8:11-12

Whenever a sentence for a crime is not carried out swiftly, the human mind becomes determined to commit evil.

Jeremiah 15:6

You have deserted me," declares the LORD. "You keep going backward. I'll reach out my hand and destroy you. I'm tired of showing compassion.

Jeremiah 44:22

The LORD could no longer bear it because of your evil deeds and the repulsive things that you did. So your land has become a ruin and an object of horror and ridicule without an inhabitant, as is the case today.

Luke 18:7

Won't God grant his chosen people justice when they cry out to him day and night? Is he slow to help them?

2 Peter 3:9-10

The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some people understand slowness, but is being patient with you. He does not want anyone to perish, but wants everyone to repent.

2 Peter 3:15

Think of our Lord's patience as facilitating salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

General references

Bible References

Long time

Job 32:18
because I'm filled with things to say, and my spirit within me compels me to speak.
Psalm 50:2
From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined forth.
Psalm 83:1
God, do not rest! Don't be silent! Don't stay inactive, God!
Ecclesiastes 8:11
Whenever a sentence for a crime is not carried out swiftly, the human mind becomes determined to commit evil.
Jeremiah 15:6
You have deserted me," declares the LORD. "You keep going backward. I'll reach out my hand and destroy you. I'm tired of showing compassion.
Jeremiah 44:22
The LORD could no longer bear it because of your evil deeds and the repulsive things that you did. So your land has become a ruin and an object of horror and ridicule without an inhabitant, as is the case today.
Luke 18:7
Won't God grant his chosen people justice when they cry out to him day and night? Is he slow to help them?
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some people understand slowness, but is being patient with you. He does not want anyone to perish, but wants everyone to repent.

General references

Isaiah 64:12
LORD, after all this, can you hold yourself back? Can you keep silent and punish us so severely?

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