42 Bible Verses about Being Patient

Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and the latter rain.

You also be patient, establish your hearts, for the coming of your Lord draws near.

rejoicing in hope, patient in affliction, steadfastly continuing in prayer,

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it; the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

But for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all long-suffering, as a pattern to those being about to believe on Him to life everlasting.

For you have need of patience, so that after you have done the will of God you might receive the promise.

But if we hope for that which we do not see, then we wait for it with patience.

But let patience have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and entire, lacking nothing.

The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not purposing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

knowing that the trying of your faith works patience.

By your patience you will gain your souls.

Hope in Jehovah; be of good courage, and He shall make your heart strong; yea, hope in Jehovah.

and patience works out experience, and experience works out hope.

Here is the patience of the saints. Here are the ones who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

For what glory is it if you patiently endure while sinning and being buffeted? But if you suffer while doing good, and patiently endure, this is a grace from God.

Charity has patience, is kind; charity is not envious, is not vain, is not puffed up;

What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should be patient?

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

The judgment of a man puts off his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Behold, we count blessed those who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is full of pity and of tender mercy.

My brothers, take the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering ill, and of patience.

And may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

Wait for me a little, and I will show you that there are yet words for God.

But the servant of the Lord must not strive, but to be gentle to all, apt to teach, patient,

And his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, Have patience with me and I will pay you all.

being empowered with all power, according to the might of His glory, to all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness,

And think of the long-suffering of our Lord as salvation (as our beloved brother Paul also has written to you according to the wisdom given to him

Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for Him; do not fret yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of him who practices wickedness.

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

In being slow to anger a ruler is won over, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.

that you be not slothful, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father,

I know your works and love and service and faith and your patience, and your works; and the last to be more than the first.

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit is better than he who takes a city.

quietly covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Because you have kept the Word of My patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation which will come upon all the habitable world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.

aged men to be temperate, sensible, discreet, sound in faith, in love, in patience.

And receive him who is weak in the faith, but not to judgments of your thoughts.

And may the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like minded toward one another according to Christ Jesus,

indeed to those who with patience in good work are seeking for glory, and honor, and incorruptibility, everlasting life.

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

He who is slow to wrath is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.