Bible Verses about 'Patience'
| But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance. | But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. |
| Knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. | Because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. |
| With all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love. | With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love. |
| Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus. | May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus. |
| Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering. | As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. |
| Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. | Proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching. |
| However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life. | But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience, making me an example to those who would come to believe in him for eternal life. |
| But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. | But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness. |
| Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ. | May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. |
| But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. | By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. |
| For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. | For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope. |
| He who is slow to wrath has great understanding, But he who is impulsive exalts folly. | Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but one who has a hasty temper exalts folly. |
| Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil. | Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful. |
| Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer. | Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. |
| And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. | So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. |
| He who 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, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city. |
| Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. | Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him; do not fret over those who prosper in their way, over those who carry out evil devices. |
| Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord! | Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! |
| The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace. | The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still. |
| And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. | And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope. |
| The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. | The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance. |
| For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning. | For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning. |
| For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise. | For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. |
| My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up. | O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I plead my case to you, and watch. |
| Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him. | Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. |
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