31 Bible Verses about Patience

We desire that you are not lazy, but follow those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and late rains. You also be patient. Make your hearts firm, for the coming of the Lord is near. Do not complain (utter a deep sigh) against one another, that you not be judged. Behold, the judge is standing at the door. read more.
Brothers, accept the example of suffering and patience by the prophets who spoke in the name of God. As you know, those who have endured are called blessed. You have heard of the patience (perseverance) (endurance) of Job, and have seen the outcome Jehovah provided, how he was very tender with his affection and mercy. (Psalm 103:8)

([Psalm of David]) I waited patiently for Jehovah and he bent down to me and heard my cry.

We wait for Jehovah for he is our help and our shield.

There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout. He was waiting for God to save Israel. God's Holy Spirit was working in him.

Surrender to Jehovah and wait patiently for him. Do not be preoccupied with an evildoer who succeeds in his way when he carries out his schemes.

Jehovah, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.

We ask you brothers to warn the unruly and comfort the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with all men.

You will gain your lives because of your endurance.

Rejoice in hope! Be patient in tribulation. Continue in prayer.

Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be mature, complete, and lacking in nothing.

Be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and late rains.

That is why we boast (rejoice) (have glory) about you in the congregations of God. We boast (rejoice) (have glory) about the way you continue to endure and believe through all the persecutions and sufferings you experience.

As you know, those who have endured are called blessed. You have heard of the patience (perseverance) (endurance) of Job, and have seen the outcome Jehovah provided, how he was very tender with his affection and mercy. (Psalm 103:8)

I know your works, and your labor, and your patience. I also know how you cannot tolerate those who are evil. You tested those who say they are apostles. They are not apostles. You found them to be liars.

I, John, your brother and companion in tribulation and kingdom and perseverance (patience) of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

After waiting patiently, Abraham received the promise.

We ask you brothers to warn the unruly and comfort the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with all men.

A great cloud of witnesses surround us. Therefore let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that easily entangles us. Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Look to (consider without distractions) Jesus, the Leader (Predecessor) and Finisher (Perfecter) of our faith. He despised the shame. He endured the stake for the joy that was set before him. Then he sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such contrary talk by sinners against him. You should not get tired and give up in your mind (heart).

Be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and late rains. You also be patient. Make your hearts firm, for the coming of the Lord is near.

Be devoted to one another with brotherly love, in honor preferring one another. Do not lag behind in diligence. Be fervent in spirit serving God. Rejoice in hope! Be patient in tribulation. Continue in prayer.

You need to persevere in order to do the will of God and receive what he promises. In just a little while, he who is coming will come. He will not delay!

That is why we boast (rejoice) (have glory) about you in the congregations of God. We boast (rejoice) (have glory) about the way you continue to endure and believe through all the persecutions and sufferings you experience.

We desire that you are not lazy, but follow those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity. He who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. This requires the patience and the faith of the holy ones.

May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience (steadfastness) of Christ.

You do not lack spiritual gifts as you wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He was oppressed and afflicted and yet he did not open his mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. He was silent like sheep ready to be sheared. He did not open his mouth.

Jesus did not answer. Not even a word! The governor was greatly surprised.

The Scripture he read was this: He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer so he did not open his mouth.

I know your works, and your labor, and your patience. I also know how you cannot tolerate those who are evil. You tested those who say they are apostles. They are not apostles. You found them to be liars. You have endured and are patient. You suffer for my name's sake and have not grown weary.

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

We desire that you are not lazy, but follow those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

You need to persevere in order to do the will of God and receive what he promises.

For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

If we hope for what we do not see, do we have patience to wait for it?

Let us not grow tired of doing good things for in due season we shall harvest, if we do not faint.

[He offers] everlasting life for those who search for incorruptible glory and honor by enduring in good works.

Not only that, but we also rejoice in our tribulations knowing that tribulation produces endurance. Tribulation produces an approved condition and an approved condition produces hope.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials. Know that the testing of your faith produces patience (endurance).

You will gain your lives because of your endurance.

Rejoice in hope! Be patient in tribulation. Continue in prayer.

So the servant fell on his face out of respect. He said: 'Lord, give me time to make payment and I will pay everything.'

I know you are an expert in all customs and controversy among the Jews. Therefore I urge you to hear me patiently.

([Psalm of David]) I waited patiently for Jehovah and he bent down to me and heard my cry.

Surrender to Jehovah and wait patiently for him. Do not be preoccupied with an evildoer who succeeds in his way when he carries out his schemes.

Not only that, but we also rejoice in our tribulations knowing that tribulation produces endurance.

Know that the testing of your faith produces patience (endurance).

We ask you brothers to warn the unruly and comfort the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with all men.

He said: I was born with nothing (naked), and I will die with nothing. Jehovah gave, and now he has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah!

As you know, those who have endured are called blessed. You have heard of the patience (perseverance) (endurance) of Job, and have seen the outcome Jehovah provided, how he was very tender with his affection and mercy. (Psalm 103:8)

He said: I was born with nothing (naked), and I will die with nothing. Jehovah gave, and now he has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah!

As you know, those who have endured are called blessed. You have heard of the patience (perseverance) (endurance) of Job, and have seen the outcome Jehovah provided, how he was very tender with his affection and mercy. (Psalm 103:8)

It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of Jehovah.

It is good for a man to carry the yoke when he is young.

In everything we commend ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

God will strengthen you with all power, according to the might of his glory, to all patience and longsuffering with joy.

God will strengthen you with all power, according to the might of his glory, to all patience and longsuffering with joy.

God will strengthen you with all power, according to the might of his glory, to all patience and longsuffering with joy.

You carefully follow my teaching in conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, and patience,

I, John, your brother and companion in tribulation and kingdom and perseverance (patience) of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God, and of our Savior Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord! His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness. This is through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue (excellence). read more.
He offered us his precious and exceedingly great promises. Through these you may become partakers of the divine nature. You will escape from the corruption that is in the lust-filled world. Yes, for this very reason you do your part with all diligence. Supply virtue to your faith. Add knowledge to your virtue. Include self-control with your knowledge. Supply patience to your self-control. Your patience should be helped by godliness. Add brotherly kindness to your godliness. And to your brotherly kindness add love. For if these things are yours and abound in you they will keep you from being inactive or unfruitful regarding the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these qualities is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. Brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election (choosing) sure. If you do (practice) (exercise) (apply) these things, you will never stumble! For in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly (abundantly) supplied to you.

But you, O man of God, run from these things. Pursue (set your heart on) righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience and meekness.

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God, and of our Savior Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord! His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness. This is through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue (excellence). read more.
He offered us his precious and exceedingly great promises. Through these you may become partakers of the divine nature. You will escape from the corruption that is in the lust-filled world. Yes, for this very reason you do your part with all diligence. Supply virtue to your faith. Add knowledge to your virtue. Include self-control with your knowledge. Supply patience to your self-control. Your patience should be helped by godliness. Add brotherly kindness to your godliness. And to your brotherly kindness add love. For if these things are yours and abound in you they will keep you from being inactive or unfruitful regarding the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these qualities is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.

We who are strong in the faith ought to help the weak to carry their burdens. We should not just please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up. For even Christ did not please himself. However it is written, The reproaches (insults) hurled at you have fallen on me. (Psalm 69:9) read more.
The things written in earlier times were written for our instruction, that we through endurance and the encouragement from the Scriptures might have hope.

A great cloud of witnesses surround us. Therefore let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that easily entangles us. Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

After waiting patiently, Abraham received the promise.

What value is there when you sin, and are buffeted for it, you take it patiently? But if, when you do well and suffer for it, you take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

Include self-control with your knowledge. Supply patience to your self-control. Your patience should be helped by godliness.

Include self-control with your knowledge. Supply patience to your self-control. Your patience should be helped by godliness.

The Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father. They filled them with dirt. Abimelech said to Isaac: Go away from us. You are too powerful for us. Isaac departed from there and camped in the valley of Gerar where he settled. read more.
Then Isaac dug the water wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham. The Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham. He gave them the same names his father had given them. Isaac's servants dug in the valley (wadi) (torrent-valley) and found a well of running water. The herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac. They said: The water is ours! So he named the well Esek, because they argued with him. They dug another well. And they quarreled over that one too. So Isaac named it Sitnah (Accusation). He moved on from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over this one. So he named it Rehoboth (Roomy). He said: Now Jehovah has made room for us. We will prosper in this land.

The things written in earlier times were written for our instruction, that we through endurance and the encouragement from the Scriptures might have hope.

Now may the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus.

Tribulation produces an approved condition and an approved condition produces hope.

You will gain your lives because of your endurance.

The good ground represents the honest and good-hearted people. They hear the word, hold fast to it and produce forth fruit with patience.

There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout. He was waiting for God to save Israel. God's Holy Spirit was working in him.

In the morning you will see the glory of Jehovah's presence. He hears your complaints against him. But what are we that you complain against us? Moses said: This will happen when Jehovah gives you meat to eat in the evening, and bread to eat in the morning. Jehovah hears your complaints against him. And what are we? Your complaints are not against us but against Jehovah.

Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be mature, complete, and lacking in nothing.

Be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and late rains.

I know your works, and your labor, and your patience. I also know how you cannot tolerate those who are evil. You tested those who say they are apostles. They are not apostles. You found them to be liars. You have endured and are patient. You suffer for my name's sake and have not grown weary.

Brothers, accept the example of suffering and patience by the prophets who spoke in the name of God.

You carefully follow my teaching in conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, and patience,

That is why we boast (rejoice) (have glory) about you in the congregations of God. We boast (rejoice) (have glory) about the way you continue to endure and believe through all the persecutions and sufferings you experience.

I know your works. I know your love, your faithfulness, your service, and your patience. I know that you are doing more now than you did at first.

There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout. He was waiting for God to save Israel. God's Holy Spirit was working in him.

([Psalm of David]) I waited patiently for Jehovah and he bent down to me and heard my cry.

I, John, your brother and companion in tribulation and kingdom and perseverance (patience) of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Truly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.