49 Bible Verses about Persistence

endurance produces character, and character produces hope.

your knowledge with self-control, your self-control with endurance, your endurance with godliness,

Be joyful in hope, patient in trouble, and persistent in prayer.

But you must let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

But I will go on doing what I'm doing in order to deny an opportunity to those people who want an opportunity to be recognized as our equals in the work they are boasting about.

Then, instead of being lazy, you will imitate those who are inheriting the promises through faith and patience.

Therefore, I intend to keep on reminding you about these things, even though you already know them and are firmly established in the truth that you now have.

Not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

eternal life to those who strive for glory, honor, and immortality by patiently doing good;

For you need endurance, so that after you have done God's will you can receive what he has promised.

By your endurance you will protect your lives."

I tell you, even though that man doesn't want to get up and give him anything because he is his friend, he will get up and give him whatever he needs because of his persistence.

For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge,

Pray in the Spirit at all times with every kind of prayer and request. Likewise, be alert with your most diligent efforts and pray for all the saints.

But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

If the Jews do not persist in their unbelief, they will be grafted in again, because God is able to graft them in.

May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the endurance of the Messiah.

In the presence of our God and Father, we constantly remember how your faith is active, your love is hard at work, and your hope in our Lord Jesus the Messiah is enduring.

Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and hold fast to their faithfulness in Jesus:

For if we choose to go on sinning after we have learned the full truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

your godliness with brotherly kindness, and your brotherly kindness with love.

You are being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might, so that you might patiently endure everything with joy

But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away."

yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice. Otherwise, she will keep coming and wear me out.'"

He said, "In a city there was a judge who didn't fear God or respect people.

Because you have obeyed my command to endure, I will keep you from the hour of testing that is coming to the whole world to test those living on the earth.

Then he told them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, "Friend, let me borrow three loaves of bread.

As for those who keep on sinning, rebuke them in front of everyone so that the rest will also be afraid.

What should we say, then? Should we go on sinning so that grace may increase?

Jesus told his disciples a parable about their need to pray all the time and never give up.

Be careful! Watch out! Because you don't know when the time will come.

Devote yourselves to prayer. Be alert and thankful when you pray.

I tell you, he will give them justice quickly. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

Such influence does not come from the one who calls you.

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

because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he will bless himself and say: "I will have a peaceful life, even though I'm determined to be stubborn.' By doing this he will be sweeping away both watered and parched ground alike.'

to proclaim the message. Be ready to do this whether or not the time is convenient. Refute, warn, and encourage with the utmost patience when you teach.

Pay close attention to your life and your teaching. Persevere in these things, because if you do so, you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike.

We consider those who endured to be blessed. You have heard about Job's endurance and have seen the purpose of the Lord that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

How blessed is the man who endures temptation! When he has passed the test, he will receive the victor's crown of life that God has promised to those who keep on loving him.

"Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? Your whole head is sick, and your whole heart is faint.

Never be lazy in showing such devotion. Be on fire with the Spirit. Serve the Lord.

But they kept insisting, "He is stirring up the people with what he teaches all over Judea, from where he started in Galilee to this place."

Supply the needs of the saints. Extend hospitality to strangers.

She bears up under everything; believes the best in all; there is no limit to her hope, and never will she fall.

Through patience a ruler may be persuaded; a gentle word can break a bone.