33 Bible Verses about Being Patient

As for you, my brethren, bear your sufferings with constancy, till the advent of the Lord. the farmer, from the prospect of a golden crop, patiently expects the showers of the spring and the autumn.

be you equally patient, and exercise your fortitude, for the advent of the Lord is nigh.

be joyful in hope; be patient under affliction; persevere in prayer;

however I obtained mercy, that Jesus Christ might demonstrate the greatness of his clemency, by making me an eminent instance of it to those who should hereafter believe in him, in order to eternal life.

for it is necessary you should persevere, that after having perform'd what God has commanded, you may receive what he has promised.

but if we hope for what is yet to come, our patience does necessarily intervene.

but constancy should be brought to its perfection, that you may be entirely accomplished, without any defect.

the Lord does not delay the accomplishment of his promise, as some do imagine. but he waits with patience upon our account, as being unwilling that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

that the bringing your faith to the test, produces constancy.

by your perseverance you will save your souls.

and probation, hope:

here is the patience of the saints, who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

from a principle of conscience. what glory is there in suffering corporal punishment for real offences? but if you meet with ill usage for doing your duty, and bear it with constancy,

Social affection is patient, is kind; is a stranger to envy; is not insolently vain, nor arrogant: does not behave indecently,

with all humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another in love;

we pronounce those happy, who have so endur'd. you have heard of the constancy of Job, you know with what success he was crown'd by the Lord, who is all mercy and compassion.

let the prophets, my brethren, who were commission'd by the Lord, be your examples; suffer persecution with constancy like them.

may the Lord qualify your hearts with divine affection, and a patient expectation of Jesus Christ.

a christian must not be litigious, but easy to all men, qualify'd to instruct,

and his fellow-servant fell at his feet, and embraced him, saying, allow me time, and I will pay thee all.

being fortified in so effectual a manner, as to sustain your trials with constancy and joy:

that the patience of our Lord is for your advantage: as our dear brother Paul, according to the information he receiv'd, has writ to you,

and after he had patiently waited, he obtained what was promised.

but imitate the example of those who by faith and patience have obtain'd the inheritance that was promis'd to them.

never forgetting the effects of your faith, your charitable offices, and the constancy of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ; of which God is our witness.

your charitable offices, your faith, and your patience, and that your last works exceed the first.

it excuses all things, believes what is favourable, hopes for the best, and suffers the worst.

because you have kept my precept about patience, I also will keep you in the time of persecution, which shall happen to all the world, to try the inhabitants of the earth.

but what is agreeable to sound doctrine: advise the aged to be prudent, grave, temperate, sound in faith,

A weak convert receive as a friend without regard to any difference of opinion.

May the God of patience and consolation, make you equally concern'd for one another, according to the example of Christ Jesus,

who by patient continuance in well doing, seek for glory, honour, and immortality;

I approve myself, by chastity, by knowledge, by meekness, by kindness, by sanctity of mind, by undisguised benevolence,