42 Bible Verses about Being Patient
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Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.
You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you,not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!
Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.
For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.
"Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God's behalf.
And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,
So his fellow servant fell down and pleaded with him, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you.'
May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,
And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.
so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
"'I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.
Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.
Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.
As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.
May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,
to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;
by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love;
Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
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And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle,encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.
Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit,serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. For, "Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay;
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