20 Bible Verses about

Patience in Everyday Life

Psalm 56:6 BSB

They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

Psalm 71:10 BSB

For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,

Isaiah 26:8 BSB

Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.

Isaiah 40:31 BSB

But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Psalm 56:13 BSB

For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

John 8:12 BSB

Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Romans 6:4 BSB

We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.

Isaiah 42:5 BSB

This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:

1 Timothy 1:16 BSB

But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

2 Kings 25:30 BSB

And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.

Jeremiah 52:34 BSB

And the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.

Luke 21:19 BSB

By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.

Romans 12:12 BSB

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

Proverbs 14:29 BSB

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

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.

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.’

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