150 Bible Verses about Patience in Adversity

And not only this, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction brings about perseverance;

and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;

Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,

for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.

Therefore, laying aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in gentleness receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

But become doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;

for once he looked at himself and has gone away, he immediately forgot what kind of person he was.

But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of freedom, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

If anyone thinks himself to be religious while not bridling his tongue but deceiving his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

knowing that the testing of your faith brings about perseverance.

And let perseverance have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

rejoicing in hope, persevering in affliction, being devoted to prayer,

Hope in Yahweh; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Hope in Yahweh.

And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.

Yet those who hope in Yahweh Will gain new power; They will mount up with wings like eagles; They will run and not get tired; They will walk and not become weary.

¶Be still in Yahweh and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out schemes of wickedness.

No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man, but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the soil, being patient about it, until it receives the early and late rains.

You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.

For our momentary, light affliction is working out for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,

while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

“Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we eagerly wait for it.

Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our benefit, so that we may share His holiness.

And all discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful, but to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.

Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble,

and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.

Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord,

seeing to it that no one falls short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;

that also there be no sexually immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind,

and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them.

fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

¶Surely wait in silence for God, O my soul, For my hope is from Him.

Surely He is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.

Our soul is patient for Yahweh; He is our help and our shield.

For our heart is glad in Him, Because we trust in His holy name.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.

Yahweh is good to those who hope in Him, To the soul who seeks Him.

It is good that he waits silently For the salvation of Yahweh.

And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, strengthen, confirm, and ground you.

¶I hope for Yahweh, my soul does hope, And for His word do I wait.

In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,

so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of Yahweh In the land of the living.

Hope in Yahweh; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Hope in Yahweh.

¶Therefore Yahweh waits with longing to be gracious to you, And therefore He is on high to have compassion on you. For Yahweh is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who wait for Him.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears And delivers them out of all their troubles.

Yahweh is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.

¶Many are the evils against the righteous, But Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

And we urge you, brothers, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

But as for you, brothers, do not lose heart in doing good.

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you.

But to the degree you are sharing the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation.

I hoped earnestly for Yahweh; And He inclined to me and heard my cry for help.

who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Indeed, let none who hope in You be ashamed; Let those who deal treacherously without cause be ashamed.

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his own spirit, than he who captures a city.

When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul.

‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will make you mighty, surely I will help you; Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

You are my hiding place and my shield; I wait for Your word.

These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”

If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we will deny Him, He also will deny us;

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.

¶“Because he has loved Me, therefore I will protect him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name.

“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in his distress; I will rescue him and honor him.

“With a long life I will satisfy him And I will show him My salvation.”

Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not fear their fear, and do not be troubled,

And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.

For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,

having the same struggle which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

¶Though I walk in the midst of distress, You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me.

Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

This is my comfort in my affliction, That Your word has revived me.

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

and said to Him, “Are You the One who is to come, or shall we look for someone else?”

For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

Yahweh will accomplish what concerns me; O Yahweh, Your lovingkindness endures forever; Do not fail the works of Your hands.

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

¶Cast your burden upon Yahweh and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.

in every way afflicted, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;

persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;

It is good for me that I was afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes.

For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through the perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some consider slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

Hope for Yahweh and keep His way, And He will exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

Make sure that your way of life is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,”

casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares Yahweh.

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.

You are my hiding place; You guard me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and self-discipline.

My soul weeps because of grief; Raise me up according to Your word.

Yahweh is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.

so that we confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?”

¶“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies And of the son of man who is made like grass,

never taking your own revenge, beloved—instead leave room for the wrath of God. For it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

Those who love Your law have much peace, And nothing causes them to stumble.

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.

God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.

“Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

Yahweh of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change And though the mountains shake into the heart of the sea;

for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

When I am afraid, I will trust in You.

“Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not dread; For Yah—Yahweh Himself—is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”

¶Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Brothers, I do not consider myself as having laid hold of it yet, but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

¶Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Trouble and anguish have found me, Yet Your commandments are my delight.

“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

As a father has compassion on his children, So Yahweh has compassion on those who fear Him.

For He Himself knows our form; He remembers that we are but dust.

O Yahweh, be gracious to us; we have hoped in You. Be their strength every morning, Our salvation also in the time of distress.

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

And not only this, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned—

for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the trespass of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.

But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.

And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the gracious gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification.

For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.

For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were appointed sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be appointed righteous.

through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we boast in hope of the glory of God.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ before our God and Father,

In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For You alone, O Yahweh, make me to abide in safety.

Now may the God of perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,

And this is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

Yahweh is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strong defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?

“The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace Because he trusts in You.

A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

He who is slow to anger has great discernment, But he who is quick-tempered raises up folly.

¶From my distress I called upon Yah; Yah answered me and set me in a large place.

Yahweh is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me?

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.

Therefore, do not throw away that confidence of yours, which has a great reward.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

¶O taste and see that Yahweh is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unrighteously.

like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,

For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it, you endure, this finds favor with God.

“Can a woman forget her infant And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.

“Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me.

being devoted to one another in brotherly love, giving preference to one another in honor,

Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

May He lead the humble in justice, And may He teach the humble His way.

Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

I have set Yahweh continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

‘Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.

For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary, fainting in heart.

Yahweh is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth.

Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.

Be strong and let your heart take courage, All you who wait for Yahweh.

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

For in the day of calamity He will conceal me in His shelter; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock.

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;

for he who has died has been justified from sin.

so that He may strengthen your hearts blameless in holiness, before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.

You made men ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water, Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance.

I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in abundance; in any and all things I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.

I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

But My righteous one shall live by faith, And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.

Sustain me according to Your word, that I may live; And do not put me to shame because of my hope.

Therefore, those also who suffer according to the will of God must entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing good.

How blessed is he who considers the poor; Yahweh will provide him escape in a day of calamity.

¶But You, O Yahweh, be gracious to me and raise me up, That I may repay them.

By this I know that You delight in me, Because my enemy makes no shout in triumph over me.

As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And You make me stand firm in Your presence forever.

¶Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

Yahweh will keep him and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And do not give him over to the desire of his enemies.

“For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken,” Says Yahweh who has compassion on you.

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves.

And again he says, “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”

And again, “Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, And let all the peoples praise Him.”

And again Isaiah says, “There shall come the root of Jesse, And He who arises to rule over the Gentiles, In Him shall the Gentiles hope.”

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

But I myself am also convinced about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge and being able also to admonish one another.

But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of the grace that was given me by God

for me to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the gospel of God, so that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, having been sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Therefore in Christ Jesus I have reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.

For I will not be bold to speak of anything except what Christ has brought about through me, leading to the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and all around as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his building up.

If Your law had not been my delight, Then I would have perished in my affliction.

For God is not unrighteous so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and continuing to minister to the saints.

But just as it is written, “Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, And which have not entered the heart of man, All that God has prepared for those who love Him.”

Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses.

He caused the storm to stand still, So that its waves were hushed.

And gathered from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.

Then they were glad because they were quiet, So He led them to their desired haven.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

to obtain an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, having been kept in heaven for you,

who rescued us from so great a peril of death, and will rescue us, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet rescue us,

if possible, so far as it depends on you, being at peace with all men,

He who abides in the shelter of the Most High Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

No evil will befall you, And no plague will come near your tent.

¶For He will command His angels concerning you, To guard you in all your ways.

On their hands they will bear you up, Lest you strike your foot against a stone.

You will tread upon the fierce lion and cobra, The young lion and the serpent you will trample down.

¶“Because he has loved Me, therefore I will protect him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name.

“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in his distress; I will rescue him and honor him.

“With a long life I will satisfy him And I will show him My salvation.”

I will say to Yahweh, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!”

Do not say, “I will repay evil”; Hope in Yahweh, and He will save you.

And looking at them Jesus said to them, “With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

He is the One who heals the brokenhearted And who binds up their wounds,

praying at all times with all prayer and petition in the Spirit, and to this end, being on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,

O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land without water.

I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.

Commit your works to Yahweh And your plans will be established.

It is better to take refuge in Yahweh Than to trust in man.

For just as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.

But whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is working in your perseverance in the same sufferings which we also suffer.

The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

¶If Yahweh had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

If I should say, “My foot has stumbled,” Your lovingkindness, O Yahweh, will hold me up.

“Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer; You will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness,

The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,

and if children, also heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.