Patience

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

Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

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

For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had,

Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.

Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.

But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.

The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.

The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.