33 Bible Verses about Being Patient

So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer keeps on waiting and waiting for the precious crop from his land; how he keeps up his patience over it until he gets the early and late rains,

You must be patient, too; you must put iron into your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is close at hand.

ever happy in hope, always patient in suffering, ever persistent in prayer,

Yet, mercy was shown me for the very purpose that in my case as the foremost of sinners Jesus might display His perfect patience, to make me an example to those who in the future might believe on Him to obtain eternal life.

Indeed, to carry out the will of God and to receive the blessing He has promised, you need endurance, for:

But a hope that is seen is not real hope, for who hopes for what he actually sees? But if we hope for something we do not see, we keep on patiently waiting for it.

but you must let your endurance come to its perfect product, so that you may be fully developed and perfectly equipped, without any defects.

The Lord is not slow about His promise, in the sense in which some think of slowness, but He is really dealing patiently with you, because He is not willing for any to perish but for all to have an opportunity to repent?

for you surely know that what is genuine in your faith produces the patient mind that endures;

By your endurance you will win your souls.

and endurance, tested character, and tested character, hope,

In this way is shown the patient endurance of God's people, who always cling to God's commands and their faith in Jesus.

For what credit is it to bear it patiently, if you do wrong and are beaten for it? But if you do right and patiently suffer for it, it is pleasing in the sight of God.

Love is so patient and so kind; love never boils with jealousy; it never boasts, is never puffed with pride;

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

See how we call those who thus endured happy! You have heard how patiently Job endured and have seen how the Lord finally blessed him, because the Lord is tenderhearted and merciful.

As an example of ill-treatment and patience, brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.

May the Lord guide you into a realization of God's love for you and into a patient endurance like Christ's.

and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel but must be gentle to everybody; he must be a skillful teacher, and not resentful under injuries.

"And his fellow-slave fell down before him and pleaded, 'Give me time, and I will pay you.'

then you will be perfectly empowered by His glorious might for every sort of joyous endurance and forbearance,

Always think of our Lord's patience as salvation, just as our dearly beloved brother Paul, with the wisdom granted him, wrote you to do,

And so by patiently waiting he obtained what God had promised him.

so that you may not grow careless, but may follow the example of those who through their faith and patient endurance are now possessors of the blessings promised.

for we can never for a moment before our God forget your energizing faith, your toiling love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

"I know what you are doing, I know your love and faithfulness, your service and patient endurance, and I know that you are now working harder than you did at first.

It bears up under anything; it exercises faith in everything; it keeps up hope in everything; it gives us power to endure in anything.

Because you have kept my message with the patient endurance that I give you, I also will keep you from the time of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test the inhabitants of the earth.

the older men to be temperate, serious, and sensible, healthy in faith, in love, and in steadfastness;

Make it your practice to receive into full Christian fellowship people who are overscrupulous, but not to criticize their views.

May God, who gives men patient endurance and encouragement, grant you such harmony with one another, in accordance with the standard which Christ Jesus sets,

eternal life to those who patiently continue doing good and striving for glory, honor, and immortality,

through my personal purity, my knowledge, my patience, my kindness; through the Holy Spirit, my genuine love,