42 Bible Verses about Being Patient

Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.

Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.

Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,

The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might make clear all his mercy, as an example to those who in the future would have faith in him to eternal life.

For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.

But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.

The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.

Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.

Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.

And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope:

Here is the quiet strength of the saints, who keep the orders of God, and the faith of Jesus.

What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.

Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?

With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;

A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.

Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.

And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.

Give me a little more time, and I will make it clear to you; for I have still something to say for God.

For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,

So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you.

Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy;

And be certain that the long waiting of the Lord is for salvation; even as our brother Paul has said in his letters to you, from the wisdom which was given to him;

Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.

A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.

So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

I have knowledge of your works, and your love and faith and help and strength in trouble, and that your last works are more than the first.

He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.

Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.

That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind.

Do not put on one side him who is feeble in faith, and do not put him in doubt by your reasonings.

Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:

To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:

In a clean heart, in knowledge, in long waiting, in being kind, in the Holy Spirit, in true love,

He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.