42 Bible Verses about Being Patient

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Job 6:11

What [is] my strength, that I should wait? And what [is] my end, that {I should hold out}?

Job 36:2

"Bear with me a little longer, and {I will explain}, for {I still have something to say on God's behalf}.

Matthew 18:29

Then his fellow slave threw himself to the ground [and] began to implore him, saying, 'Be patient with me and I will repay you!'

2 Peter 3:15

And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom that was given to him,

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Hebrews 12:1-3

Therefore, [since] we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and {the sin that so easily ensnares us}, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the originator and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider the one who endured such hostility by sinners against himself, so that you will not grow weary in your souls [and] give up.

James 5:7-8

Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the soil, being patient concerning it until it receives the early and late rains. You also be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near.

Romans 12:10-12

being devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another [more highly] in honor, not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord, rejoicing in hope, enduring in affliction, being devoted to prayer,

Hebrews 10:36-37

For you have need of endurance, in order that [after you] have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. For yet "a very, very little [while], [and] the one who is coming will come and will not delay.

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