Bible Verses about Patience

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• He who is slow to anger has great understanding,
  but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
  Proverbs 14:29wisdomunderstandinganger
• 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.
  1 Corinthians 13:4-5loveangerselfishness
• Rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer.
  Romans 12:12joyprayer
• With all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love.
  Ephesians 4:2lovehumility
• But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.
  Romans 8:25trusthope
• Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up.
  Galatians 6:9righteousnessrewardharvest
• One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty;
  one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
  Proverbs 16:32peaceself-control
• 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.
  Psalm 37:7honestylife
• Wait for Yahweh.
  Be strong, and let your heart take courage.
  Yes, wait for Yahweh.
  Psalm 27:14trustcourage
• Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.
  Exodus 14:14dependenceprotection
• 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.
  2 Peter 3:9salvationconversionrepentance
• Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance.
  Colossians 3:12humilitygentlenesscompassion
• Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus.
  Romans 15:5communityencouragementcomforter
• 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.
  Psalm 30:5lovesadness
• Yahweh, in the morning you will hear my voice.
  In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
  Psalm 5:3prayerlistening
• 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.
  Isaiah 30:18gracerighteousnesscompassion
• Yahweh is merciful and gracious,
  slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
  Psalm 103:8gracelove
• 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.
  1 Timothy 1:16eternal lifeJesus
• But he who endures to the end will be saved.
  Matthew 24:13salvation
• 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.
  2 Peter 3:8Godsecond coming
• Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.
  Matthew 24:42second coming
• Preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.
  2 Timothy 4:2evangelismpunishment
• I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.
  Revelation 3:11second comingreward
• 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.
  Joel 2:13heartgracelove
• The prospect of the righteous is joy,
  but the hope of the wicked will perish.
  Proverbs 10:28righteousnesshopejoy