Bible Verses About Patience

But you, explain what kind of behavior goes along with sound teaching.

Tell the older men to be serious, sensible, self-controlled and sound in their trust, love and perseverance.

Tell slaves to submit to their masters in everything, to give satisfaction without talking back

so that you will not become sluggish, but will be imitators of those who by their trust and patience are receiving what has been promised.

and so, after waiting patiently, Avraham saw the promise fulfilled.

For you need to hold out; so that, by having done what God wills, you may receive what he has promised.

So then, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us, too, put aside every impediment — that is, the sin which easily hampers our forward movement — and keep running with endurance in the contest set before us,

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

But let perseverance do its complete work; so that you may be complete and whole, lacking in nothing.

Therefore, my dear brothers, let every person be quick to listen but slow to speak, slow to get angry;

So, brothers, be patient until the Lord returns. See how the farmer waits for the precious “fruit of the earth” — he is patient over it until it receives the fall and spring rains.

You too, be patient; keep up your courage; for the Lord’s return is near.

As an example of suffering mistreatment and being patient, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of Adonai.

Look, we regard those who persevered as blessed. You have heard of the perseverance of Iyov, and you know what the purpose of Adonai was, that Adonai is very compassionate and merciful.

For it is a grace when someone, because he is mindful of God, bears up under the pain of undeserved punishment.

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.

Indeed, this is what you were called to; because the Messiah too suffered, on your behalf, leaving an example so that you should follow in his steps.

“He committed no sin, nor was any deceit found on his lips.”

When he was insulted, he didn’t retaliate with insults; when he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but handed them over to him who judges justly.

For this very reason, try your hardest to furnish your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,

knowledge with self-control, self-control with perseverance, perseverance with godliness,

I, Yochanan, am a brother of yours and a fellow-sharer in the suffering, kingship and perseverance that come from being united with Yeshua. I had been exiled to the island called Patmos for having proclaimed the message of God and borne witness to Yeshua.

“I know what you have been doing, how hard you have worked, how you have persevered, and how you can’t stand wicked people; so you tested those who call themselves emissaries but aren’t — and you found them to be liars.

You are persevering, and you have suffered for my sake without growing weary.

“If anyone is meant for captivity, into captivity he goes! If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he is to be killed!” This is when God’s holy people must persevere and trust!