Bible Verses about Patience

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• Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding,
  but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
  Proverbs 14:29wisdomunderstandinganger
• Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful.
  1 Corinthians 13:4-5loveangerselfishness
• Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
  Romans 12:12joyprayer
• With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love.
  Ephesians 4:2lovehumility
• But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
  Romans 8:25trusthope
• And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
  Galatians 6:9righteousnessrewardharvest
• Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
  and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
  Proverbs 16:32peaceself-control
• Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
  fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
  over the man who carries out evil devices!
  Psalm 37:7honestylife
• Wait for the Lord;
  be strong, and let your heart take courage;
  wait for the Lord!
  Psalm 27:14trustcourage
• The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.
  Exodus 14:14dependenceprotection
• The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
  2 Peter 3:9salvationconversionrepentance
• Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.
  Colossians 3:12humilitygentlenesscompassion
• May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus.
  Romans 15:5communityencouragementcomforter
• For his anger is but for a moment,
  and his favor is for a lifetime.
  Weeping may tarry for the night,
  but joy comes with the morning.
  Psalm 30:5lovesadness
• O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;
  in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.
  Psalm 5:3prayerlistening
• Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you,
  and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you.
  For the Lord is a God of justice;
  blessed are all those who wait for him.
  Isaiah 30:18gracerighteousnesscompassion
• The Lord is merciful and gracious,
  slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
  Psalm 103:8gracelove
• But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
  Matthew 24:13salvationend times
• But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.
  1 Timothy 1:16eternal lifeJesus
• But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
  2 Peter 3:8Godsecond comingend times
• Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
  2 Timothy 4:2evangelismpunishment
• Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
  Matthew 24:42second comingend times
• I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.
  Revelation 3:11second comingreward
• And rend your hearts and not your garments.
  Return to the Lord your God,
  for he is gracious and merciful,
  slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
  and he relents over disaster.
  Joel 2:13heartgracelove
• The hope of the righteous brings joy,
  but the expectation of the wicked will perish.
  Proverbs 10:28righteousnesshopejoy