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 14:29 wisdom understanding anger
• 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 13:4-5 love anger selfishness
• Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
  Romans 12:12 joy prayer
• With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love.
  Ephesians 4:2 love humility
• But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
  Romans 8:25 trust hope
• And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
  Galatians 6:9 righteousness reward harvest
• Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
  and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
  Proverbs 16:32 peace self-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 37:7 honesty life
• Wait for the Lord;
  be strong, and let your heart take courage;
  wait for the Lord!
  Psalm 27:14 trust courage
• The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.
  Exodus 14:14 dependence protection spiritual warfare
• 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 3:9 salvation conversion repentance
• Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.
  Colossians 3:12 humility gentleness compassion
• May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus.
  Romans 15:5 community encouragement comforter
• 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 30:5 love sadness
• O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;
  in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.
  Psalm 5:3 prayer listening
• 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 30:18 grace righteousness compassion
• The Lord is merciful and gracious,
  slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
  Psalm 103:8 grace love
• But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
  Matthew 24:13 salvation end 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 1:16 eternal life Jesus
• 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 3:8 God second coming end times
• Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
  2 Timothy 4:2 evangelism punishment
• Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
  Matthew 24:42 second coming end times
• I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.
  Revelation 3:11 second coming reward
• 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 2:13 heart grace love
• For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
  Hebrews 10:36 obedience receiving promises