20 Bible Verses about

Patience During Difficult Times

Romans 12:12 BSB

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

James 5:10 BSB

Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

Isaiah 33:2 BSB

O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.

Psalm 25:18 BSB

Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.

Luke 21:19 BSB

By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.

Proverbs 14:29 BSB

A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.

James 5:8 BSB

You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.

Proverbs 19:11 BSB

A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 25:15 BSB

Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

Ephesians 4:2 BSB

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Matthew 18:29 BSB

So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’

Matthew 18:26 BSB

Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’

Romans 2:4 BSB

Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

Isaiah 7:13 BSB

Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?

James 5:7 BSB

Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.

Psalm 37:7 BSB

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

Romans 9:22 BSB

What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

James 1:5 BSB

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

Proverbs 9:10 BSB

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Proverbs 15:22 BSB

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

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