23 Bible Verses about Patience In Hard Times

Knowing, as you do, that the testing of your faith develops endurance.

For we know that trouble develops endurance, and endurance strength of character, and strength of character hope,

And let endurance do its work perfectly, so that you may be altogether perfect, and in no respect deficient.

And not only that, but let us also exult in our troubles;

By your endurance you shall win yourselves Life.

Rejoicing in your hope; steadfast under persecution; persevering in prayer;

You possess endurance, and have borne much for my Name, and have never grown weary.

Blessed is the man who remains firm under temptation, for, when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of Life, which the Lord has promised to those who love him.

Then will be your opportunity of witnessing for me.

But when we hope for what is not before our eyes, then we wait for it with patience.

We, the strong, ought to take on our own shoulders the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not merely to please ourselves.

I do not count the sufferings of our present life worthy of mention when compared with the Glory that is to be revealed and bestowed upon us.

Yet not a single hair of your heads shall be lost!

No, we are trying to commend ourselves under all circumstances, as God's ministers should--in many an hour of endurance, in troubles, in hardships, in difficulties,

My Brothers, whatever may be the temptations that beset you from time to time, always regard them as a reason for rejoicing,

Dear friends, do not be astonished at the fiery trials that you are passing through, to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

If any of you is in trouble, let him pray; if any one is happy, let him sing hymns.

What credit can you claim when, after doing wrong, you take your punishment for it patiently? But, on the other hand, if, after doing right, you take your sufferings patiently, that does win the approval of God.

Let your forbearing spirit be plain to every one. The Lord is near.

You will be betrayed even by your parents and brothers and relations and friends, and they will cause some of you to be put to death,

For the future, find strength in your union with the Lord, and in the power which comes from his might.

Pray in spirit at all times. Be intent upon this, with unwearying perseverance and supplication for all Christ's People- -

Who is there to separate us from the love of the Christ? Will trouble, or difficulty, or persecution, or hunger, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword?