Bible Verses About Perseverance
Scriptures for enduring to the end with steadfast faith.
Steadfast endurance is the mark of a soul that has set its gaze on the eternal prize rather than the temporary trials of this life. It is the long obedience in the same direction, fueled by the conviction that He who promised is faithful to complete the work. When the path grows steep and your spirit feels weary, lean into the strength that comes from waiting on the Lord. Remember that a great cloud of witnesses is cheering you on as you run the race of faith with patience.
Key Passages
"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:"
"Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain."
"Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain."
"¶ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares."
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"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,"
"And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;"
"Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him."
"And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
"But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it."
"Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life."
"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."
"But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved."
"But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing."
"My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing."
"Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually."
"For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise."
"But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing."
"Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;"
"And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved."
"And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation."
"But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end."
"Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;"
"For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day."
"Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory."
"For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:"
"I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end."
"My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live."
"Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return."
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good."
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