'Patient' in the Bible

Then the slave threw himself to the ground [and] began to do obeisance to him, saying, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay back everything to you!'

Then his fellow slave threw himself to the ground [and] began to implore him, saying, 'Be patient with me and I will repay you!'

But the [seed] on the good soil--these are the ones who, [after] hearing the word, hold fast to [it] with a noble and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.

By your patient endurance you will gain your lives.

And not only [this], but we also boast in our afflictions, [because we] know that affliction produces patient endurance,

and patient endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope,

But if we hope for what we do not see, we await [it] eagerly with patient endurance.

For whatever was written beforehand was written for our instruction, in order that through patient endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

Now may the God of patient endurance and of encouragement grant you {to be in agreement} with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus,

Love is patient, love is kind, love is not jealous, [it] does not boast, [it] does not become conceited,

But if we are afflicted, [it is] for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, [it is] for your comfort that is at work in the patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.

Indeed, the signs of an apostle have been done among you with all patient endurance, both signs and wonders and deeds of power.

And we urge you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, console the discouraged, help the sick, be patient toward all [people].

so that we ourselves boast in you in the churches of God about your patient endurance and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring,

Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and toward the patient endurance of Christ.

But you, O man of God, flee from these [things], and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patient endurance, gentleness.

Therefore, [since] we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and {the sin that so easily ensnares us}, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,

Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the soil, being patient concerning it until it receives the early and late rains.

You also be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near.

Behold, we consider blessed those who have endured. You have heard about the patient endurance of Job, and you saw the outcome from the Lord, that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

and with knowledge, self-control, and with self-control, patient endurance, and with patient endurance, godliness,

The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, [because he] does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.

'I know your works, and your labor and patient endurance, and that you are not able to tolerate evil, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you found them [to be] false.

And you have patient endurance, and have endured [many things] because of my name, and have not become weary.

'I know your works, and your love, and faith, and service, and patient endurance--and your last works [are] greater than the first.

Because you have kept the word of my patient endurance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole inhabited world, to put to the test those who live on the earth.

If anyone [is going] into captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone [is] to be killed by the sword, by the sword he [is] to be killed. Here is the patient endurance and the faith of the saints.

Here is the patient endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith in Jesus.