The Bible offers timeless wisdom about developing patience in all circumstances.
Whether you’re waiting for answered prayers, dealing with difficult people, or going through trials, Scripture provides guidance on how to cultivate this important fruit of the Spirit.
Patience is very important as it helps improve our relationships with people around us and allows us to see God’s wonderful plan for our lives.
These Bible verses show us how God values patience and why it matters in our daily lives.
Patience During Trials
James 1:2-4
“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.”
Romans 12:12
“Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer.”
Romans 5:3-4
“And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope.”
Psalm 40:1
“I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me, And heard my cry.”
Patience with Others
Ephesians 4:2
“With all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love.”
Colossians 3:12-13
“Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.”
1 Thessalonians 5:14
“Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all.”
Proverbs 15:18
“A wrathful man stirs up strife, But he who is slow to anger allays contention.”
Patience in Waiting on God
Isaiah 40:31
“But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.”
Psalm 27:14
“Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!”
Habakkuk 2:3
“For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.”
Lamentations 3:25-26
“The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the Lord.”
Patience as a Fruit of the Spirit
Galatians 5:22-23
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.”
2 Peter 1:5-7
“But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.”
Jesus as Our Example of Patience
Hebrews 12:2-3
“Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.”
1 Peter 2:23
“Who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously.”
The Reward of Patience
Hebrews 10:36
“For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.”
James 5:7-8
“Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.”
Galatians 6:9
“And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.”
Ecclesiastes 7:8
“The end of a thing is better than its beginning; The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.”
