Bible Verses About Patience in Suffering
Scripture regarding patience in suffering.
When we focus on patience in suffering, we find that God's Word offers specific guidance for our hearts. In the middle of life's challenges, His patience provides a foundation that cannot be shaken. These verses are curated to help you anchor your soul in the peace found only in Christ. Allow these promises from the patience of His truth to renew your spirit today.
Key Passages
"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."
"Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD."
"¶ 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."
"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."
"Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD."
"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."
"I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry."
"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."
"Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;"
"And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation."
"That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises."
"Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy."
"For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:"
"He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength."
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