Bible Verses About Afflictions Made Beneficial: In exercising our patience

For the leader. A psalm of David: I waited patiently for ADONAI, till he turned toward me and heard my cry.

But not only that, let us also boast in our troubles; because we know that trouble produces endurance,

for you know that the testing of your trust produces perseverance.

For what credit is there in bearing up under a beating you deserve for doing something wrong? But if you bear up under punishment, even though you have done what is right, God looks on it with favor.