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Bible Verses About Patience

Waiting is one of God's classrooms. These Bible verses about patience encourage you to wait on the Lord with strength and hope, without growing weary in doing good.

Romans 12:12

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

Galatians 6:9

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

James 5:7-8

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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. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

Psalms 27:14

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

Ecclesiastes 7:8

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Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Proverbs 15:18

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A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

Romans 8:25

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

Lamentations 3:25-26

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Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.

Colossians 3:12

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

James 1:2-4

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Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Isaiah 40:31

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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.

Psalms 37:7

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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.

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