Bible Verses About / Patience

Bible Verses About Patience

Verses about patience and waiting.

This is an editorial selection of 10 references commonly associated with this theme, not an automated or exhaustive result. The text of each verse below is looked up verbatim from the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- the same data every roller on this site draws from.

1. 1.“Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”

   James 1:4

2. 2.“rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer,”

   Romans 12:12

3. 3.“Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up.”

   Galatians 6:9

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

   Ecclesiastes 7:8

5. 5.“Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.”

   Psalms 37:7

6. 6.“Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;”

   Colossians 3:12

7. 7.“You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.”

   James 5:8

8. 8.“But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.”

   Romans 8:25

9. 9.“He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.”

   Proverbs 14:29

10. 10.“We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.”

    1 Thessalonians 5:14

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