Patient

You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.

What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

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

The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.

By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.

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

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.

Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.

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.

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.

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

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