Bible Verses About Patience: General references

Be still before ADONAI; wait patiently till he comes. Don't be upset by those whose way succeeds because of their wicked plans.

Stop being angry, put aside rage, and don't be upset - it leads to evil.

For evildoers will be cut off, but those hoping in ADONAI will inherit the land.

Hot-tempered people stir up strife, but patient people quiet quarrels.

The end of something is better than its beginning, so the patient are better than the proud.

Don't be quick to get angry, for [only] fools nurse anger.

It is good to wait patiently for the saving help of ADONAI.

It is good for a man to bear the yoke from his youth.

But what fell in rich soil -- these are the ones who, when they hear the message, hold onto it with a good, receptive heart; and by persevering, they bring forth a harvest.

By standing firm you will save your lives.

To those who seek glory, honor and immortality by perseverance in doing good, he will pay back eternal life.

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

endurance produces character, and character produces hope;

But if we continue hoping for something we don’t see, then we still wait eagerly for it, with perseverance.

Rejoice in your hope, be patient in your troubles, and continue steadfastly in prayer.

For everything written in the past was written to teach us, so that with the encouragement of the Tanakh we might patiently hold on to our hope.

And may God, the source of encouragement and patience, give you the same attitude among yourselves as the Messiah Yeshua had,

Love is patient and kind, not jealous, not boastful,

not proud, rude or selfish, not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs.

On the contrary, we try to commend ourselves in every way as workers for God by continually enduring troubles, hardships, calamities,

beatings, imprisonments, riots, overwork, lack of sleep and food.

We commend ourselves by our purity, knowledge, patience and kindness; by the Ruach HaKodesh; by genuineness of love

The things that prove I am an emissary — signs, wonders and miracles — were done in your presence, despite what I had to endure.

So let us not grow weary of doing what is good; for if we don’t give up, we will in due time reap the harvest.

Therefore I, the prisoner united with the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called.