Bible Verses About Patience

"But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience."

If we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait patiently.

"knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance."

The testing of your faith produces perseverance — it's produced, not just needed.

"Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,"

Run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

"Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh."

Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart.

"But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint."

Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.

"Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;"

Suffering produces perseverance — the sequence matters.

"Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain."

The farmer waits for rain — patience as an active and trusting posture.

"Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him."

The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him.

"Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise."

Having waited patiently, Abraham received what was promised.

"Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;"

Put on patience — it is listed among what to clothe yourself with.

"I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry."

I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.

"Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up."

At the proper time we will reap — do not give up.

"rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;"

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

"For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay."

Wait for it — it will certainly come and will not delay.

"“By your endurance you will win your lives."

By standing firm you will gain life.