32 Bible Verses about Being Patient

So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer has to wait for the precious crop from the ground, and be patient with it, until it gets the early and the late rains.

You must have patience too; you must keep up your courage, for the coming of the Lord is close at hand.

Be happy in your hope, steadfast in time of trouble, persistent in prayer.

but God had mercy on me in order that in my case as the foremost, Christ Jesus might display his perfect patience, as an example to those who would later believe in him and find eternal life.

but you will need endurance if you are to carry out God's will and receive the blessing he has promised.

But when we hope for something that we do not see, we wait persistently for it.

and steadfastness must have full play, so that you may be fully and perfectly developed without any defects.

The Lord is not slow about his promise, in the sense that some men think; he is really showing his patience with you, because he does not want any to perish, but wishes all men to be brought to repentance.

for you know that the testing of your faith leads to steadfastness,

It is by your endurance that you will win your souls.

and endurance, character, and character, hope,

On this fact rests the endurance of God's people, who obey God's commands and cling to their faith in Jesus.

Love is patient and kind. Love is not envious or boastful. It does not put on airs.

with perfect humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another lovingly.

Why, we call those who showed such endurance happy! You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen what the Lord brought out of it, for the Lord is very kind and merciful.

As an example, brothers, of ill-treatment patiently endured, take the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord.

May the Lord guide your hearts into a sense of God's love and into a steadfastness like Christ's.

and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel, but treat everyone kindly; he must be persuasive and unresentful,

So his fellow-slave threw himself down before him, and begged him, 'Give me time, and I will pay you.'

Then, so mighty is his majesty, he will nerve you perfectly with strength for the cheerful exercise of endurance and forbearance in every situation,

Look upon our Lord's patience as salvation, just as our dear brother Paul, with the wisdom that God gave him, wrote you to do,

And so after waiting patiently, he received what God had promised him.

so that you may never grow careless, but may learn to follow the example of those who through their faith and endurance are the possessors of God's promises.

for we can never forget before our God and Father your energetic faith, your loving service, and your unwavering expectation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I know the things you do, your love and faithfulness and helpfulness and endurance, and I know that you are now doing more than you did at first.

It will bear anything, believe anything, hope for anything, endure anything.

Because you have kept in mind the message of what I endured, I also will keep you safe in the time of testing that is going to come upon the whole world, to test the inhabitants of the earth.

Teach the older men to be temperate, serious, and sensible??en of vigorous faith, love, and steadfastness.

Treat people who are overscrupulous in their faith like brothers; do not criticize their views.

May God, from whom steadfastness and encouragement come, give you such harmony with one another, in following the example of Christ Jesus,

Those who by persistently doing right strive for glory, honor, and immortality will have eternal life,

through my purity of life, my knowledge, my patience, my kindness, my holiness of spirit, my genuine love,