Bible Verses About Patience & Endurance

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds."

"Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance."

"Wait on the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait on the LORD."

"For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay."

"To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven."

"Because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance."

"Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."

"Perseverance produces character; and character, hope."

"I waited patiently for the LORD, and He inclined to me and heard my cry."

"Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall."

"For you need perseverance, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised."

"As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy."

"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day."

"For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all."

"For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land."

"Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD."

"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."

"The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. Instead, He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."

"I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in His word I put my hope."

"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work God has done from beginning to end."

"But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently."

"Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield."

"Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are treacherous without cause will be put to shame."

"But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me."

"Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him."

"A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot."

"A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance."

"Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains."

"I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God."

"And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised."