12 Bible Verses about Be Patient!
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So as God's own chosen people, consecrated and dearly loved, you must once for all clothe yourselves with tenderheartedness, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience; you must keep on
We beg you, brothers, continue to warn the shirkers, to cheer the faint-hearted, to hold up the weak, and to be patient with everybody.
with perfect humility and gentleness, with patience, lovingly bearing with one another,
You must understand this, my dearly loved brothers. Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to get angry;
So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer keeps on waiting and waiting for the precious crop from his land; how he keeps up his patience over it until he gets the early and late rains,
"And his fellow-slave fell down before him and pleaded, 'Give me time, and I will pay you.'
So the slave fell down at his feet and pleaded, 'Give me time, and I will pay you every cent of it.'
I wish you would now listen to a little folly of mine. Please do listen to me!
and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel but must be gentle to everybody; he must be a skillful teacher, and not resentful under injuries.
preach the message, stay at it in season and out of season; convince, reprove, exhort people with perfect patience as a teacher.
You must be patient, too; you must put iron into your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is close at hand.
For what credit is it to bear it patiently, if you do wrong and are beaten for it? But if you do right and patiently suffer for it, it is pleasing in the sight of God.