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Bible Verses About Patience

Patience is faith stretched over time. These verses encourage the long wait — to keep doing good, to trust God's timing, and to let endurance finish its work.

These Bible verses about patience are 16 passages from the King James Version (KJV) — gathered to read slowly, pray over, and return to.

  1. Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

    Romans 12:12

  2. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

    Galatians 6:9

  3. Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

    James 1:3

  4. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

    James 1:4

  5. 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.

    James 5:7

  6. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

    James 5:8

  7. 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.

    Psalms 37:7

  8. Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

    Ecclesiastes 7:8

  9. But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

    Romans 8:25

  10. He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

    Proverbs 14:29

  11. Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

    Colossians 1:11

  12. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

    Hebrews 10:36

  13. 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.

    Isaiah 40:31

  14. The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

    Lamentations 3:25

  15. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

    Psalms 40:1

  16. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

    2 Peter 3:9

Frequently asked questions

What does the Bible say about patience?
Scripture returns to patience again and again. This page gathers 16 of its clearest King James Version passages in one place, so you can read and reflect on them slowly.
What is a good Bible verse for patience?
Romans 12:12 — “Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;”
How many Bible verses about patience are in this collection?
16 King James Version (KJV) verses, hand-picked and arranged so you can read them in a few quiet minutes.
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