Bible Quotes About Patience

“Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”

“For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.”

“I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.”

“And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?”

“And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.”

“And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”

“Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.”

“Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.”

“Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.”

“Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.”

“I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.”

“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”

“My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.”

“Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.”

“Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Rest in: Heb. Be silent to”

“Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.”

“For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.”

“Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.”

“And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.”

“Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.”

“To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. I waited: Heb. In waiting I waited”

“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”

“I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.”

“To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. Altaschith: or, To the chief Musician, destroy not, a golden Psalm of David defend: Heb. set me on high”

“Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence. defence: Heb. high place”

“The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. enemies: Heb. observers”

“To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. Truly: or, Only waiteth: Heb. is silent”

“He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. defence: Heb. high place”

“My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.”

“I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.”

“These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.”

“That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.”

“Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.”

“I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.”

“My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. I say: or, which watch unto”

“The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. wait: or, look unto”

“Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.”

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”

“He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. hasty: Heb. short of spirit”

“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”

“A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.”

“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”

“Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.”

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”

“He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.”

“Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.”

“Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.”

“Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.”

“And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.”

“And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”

“Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.”

“And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.”

“O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.”

“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. renew: Heb. change”

“He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. discouraged: Heb. broken”

“And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. nursing fathers: Heb. nourishers queens: Heb. princesses”

“He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.”

“Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.”

“For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. seen: or, seen a God beside thee, which doeth so for him, etc”

“Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.”

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. expected: Heb. end and expectation”

“The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.”

“It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.”

“It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.”

“Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.”

“Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.”

“Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.”

“For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”

“Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.”

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:”

“The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. worshipped him: or, besought him”

“And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.”

“Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.”

“And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.”

“But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.”

“And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.”

“And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”

“In your patience possess ye your souls.”

“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”

“And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. being: or, eating together”

“And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.”

“The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:”

“Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.”

“To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:”

“And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;”

“And patience, experience; and experience, hope:”

“But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.”

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;”

“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.”

“Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: according to: or, after the example of”

“So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: coming: Gr. revelation”

“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, vaunteth: or, is not rash”

“Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;”

“But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, approving: Gr. commending”

“In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; in tumults: or, in tossings to and fro”

“By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,”

“Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.”

“For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.”