Psalms 37:1-9

Godly people knew how to wait.

Genesis 6:3 - Noah worked and waited for the flood to come.

Genesis 12:2-5 - Abraham waited 25 years for Isaac.

I Samuel 16:1 - David waited many years to take the throne after he was anointed.

Luke 2:25-32 - Simeon and Anna patiently waited to see Jesus come into the world.

Physical relations (“waiting until marriage”)

II Samuel 11 - David and Bathsheba

I Corinthians 7:1-5 - Physical relations are to stay inside marriage.

James 1:14-15 - Temptation and lust lead to sin.

Material possessions

I Timothy 6:6

Hebrews 11:24-26 - Moses looked past the pleasures in Egypt to the greater reward.

Philippians 3:17-20