Bible Verses About Patience
Key Bible verses about patience include Romans 5:4, Revelation 14:12 and James 1:3. Each verse is quoted below; open one to see the passages it cross-references.
For what the Bible teaches about patience as a whole, read What Does the Bible Say About Patience? Key Verses.
Key Verses About Patience (30)
“And patience, experience; and experience, hope:”
“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”
“Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.”
“Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.”
“For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.”
“In your patience possess ye your souls.”
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,”
“And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.”
“Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;”
“And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;”
“Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God, and endure, that thy life may be increased in the latter end.”
“For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.”
“Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.”
“And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;”
“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;”
“So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:”
“That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”
“Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.”
“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.”
“Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;”
“Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.”
“He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.”
“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”
“For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.”
“Therefore God is patient in them, and poureth forth his mercy upon them.”
“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
“Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.”
“And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.”
“Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.”
“With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;”
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