Bible Verses about Patience
| Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. | He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly. |
| 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. | Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil. |
| Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. | Rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer. |
| With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love. | With all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love. |
| But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. | But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience. |
| And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. | Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up. |
| Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. | One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city. |
| 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! | Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen. |
| Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! | Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh. |
| The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent. | Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still. |
| 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. | The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance. |
| Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. | Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance. |
| May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus. | Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus. |
| 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. | For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning. |
| O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch. | Yahweh, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly. |
| 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. | Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him. |
| The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. | Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness. |
| But the one who endures to the end will be saved. | But he who endures to the end will be saved. |
| 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. | However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life. |
| 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. | But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. |
| Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. | Preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching. |
| Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. | Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes. |
| I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. | I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown. |
| 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. | Tear your heart and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity. |
| The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish. | The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish. |
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