43 Bible Verses about patient

Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.

Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.

Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,

By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.

And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope:

But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might make clear all his mercy, as an example to those who in the future would have faith in him to eternal life.

Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.

So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

Here is the quiet strength of the saints, who keep the orders of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.

But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.

And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,

I have knowledge of your works, and your love and faith and help and strength in trouble, and that your last works are more than the first.

The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.

As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy;

For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.

But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.

We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.

Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.

And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?

And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.

Truly the signs of an Apostle were done among you in quiet strength, with wonders and acts of power.

With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;

Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.

Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,

And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.

He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:

So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you.

A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.

We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.