42 Bible Verses about Being Patient

Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain -- early and latter;

be patient, ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh;

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

Better is the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better is the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.

but because of this I found kindness, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern of those about to believe on him to life age-during:

for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise,

and if what we do not behold we hope for, through continuance we expect it.

and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire -- in nothing lacking;

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance,

in your patience possess ye your souls.

Look unto Jehovah -- be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!

and the endurance, experience; and the experience, hope;

Here is endurance of the saints: here are those keeping the commands of God, and the faith of Jesus.'

for what renown is it, if sinning and being buffeted, ye do endure it? but if, doing good and suffering for it, ye do endure, this is gracious with God,

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

What is my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory is to pass over transgression.

lo, we call happy those who are enduring; the endurance of Job ye heard of, and the end of the Lord ye have seen, that very compassionate is the Lord, and pitying.

An example take ye of the suffering of evil, my brethren, and of the patience, the prophets who did speak in the name of the Lord;

and the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the endurance of the Christ.

Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God are words.

and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

His fellow-servant then, having fallen down at his feet, was calling on him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all;

in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.

and the long-suffering of our Lord count ye salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul -- according to the wisdom given to him -- did write to you,

Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

and so, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise;

By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone.

that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.

unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,

I have known thy works, and love, and ministration, and faith, and thy endurance, and thy works -- and the last are more than the first.

Better is the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.

all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

'Because thou didst keep the word of my endurance, I also will keep thee from the hour of the trial that is about to come upon all the world, to try those dwelling upon the earth.

aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance;

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye -- not to determinations of reasonings;

And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus;

to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility -- life age-during;

in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,

Whoso is slow to anger is of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.