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Romans 12:12
“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.”
Patience grows alongside hope and prayer.
Bible Verses
Bible Verses About Patience
Bible verses about patience, waiting, endurance, and trusting God's timing.
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Galatians 6:9
“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
This passage encourages endurance when good work feels slow.
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James 1:12
“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.”
Endurance is blessed because God sees the trial and the faith within it.
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Hebrews 12:1
“Let us run with patience the race that is set before us.”
Faith is pictured as a race that requires patient endurance.
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Romans 5:3-4
“Tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope.”
Perseverance grows through trials and leads toward hope.
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Hebrews 10:36
“For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.”
Endurance is needed between obedience and promise.
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1 Corinthians 15:58
“Be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.”
This verse encourages steady faithfulness.
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2 Thessalonians 3:13
“But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.”
This short verse is a direct encouragement not to give up.
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Philippians 3:14
“I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”
Paul describes faith as pressing forward toward God's call.
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Revelation 2:10
“Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.”
Faithfulness matters even when endurance is costly.
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2 Timothy 4:7
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.”
This verse looks back on a life of perseverance.
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Isaiah 40:31
“They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.”
Waiting on the Lord renews strength for the long path.
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Matthew 24:13
“But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.”
Jesus calls His people to endurance.
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James 1:3
“The trying of your faith worketh patience.”
Testing is not wasted when it produces endurance.
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Hebrews 6:12
“Be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”
Faith and patience belong together in perseverance.
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2 Corinthians 4:8-9
“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair.”
This passage speaks of hardship without giving up.
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2 Corinthians 4:16
“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.”
Perseverance is renewed day by day.
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James 5:11
“Behold, we count them happy which endure.”
Endurance is honored in scripture.
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1 Peter 5:10
“The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”
God strengthens and settles His people after suffering.
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Colossians 1:11
“Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness.”
Paul prays for joyful endurance.
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2 Timothy 2:3
“Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”
This verse calls believers to endure hardship.
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2 Timothy 2:12
“If we suffer, we shall also reign with him.”
Endurance is connected with hope in Christ.
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Hebrews 12:2
“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.”
Perseverance keeps its eyes on Jesus.
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Hebrews 3:14
“For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end.”
Steadfast faith is part of perseverance.
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Psalm 27:14
“Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart.”
Waiting on God strengthens endurance.
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Psalm 31:24
“Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.”
Hope in the Lord helps the heart keep going.
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1 Chronicles 16:11
“Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.”
Perseverance keeps seeking the Lord.
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Lamentations 3:25-26
“The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.”
Waiting and seeking are part of faithful endurance.
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Romans 8:25
“But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.”
Hope teaches patience when the promise is not yet seen.
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Psalm 37:24
“Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.”
Perseverance continues because God upholds.