150 Bible Verses about Patience in Adversity

Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

and endurance, character, and character, hope.

My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,

For human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.

So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.

For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.

But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he will be blessed in what he does.

If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.

Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

Rely on the Lord! Be strong and confident! Rely on the Lord!

So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.

But those who wait for the Lord’s help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.

Wait patiently for the Lord! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes!

No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.

So be patient, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s return. Think of how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient for it until it receives the early and late rains.

You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord’s return is near.

For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised.

Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

He says, “Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!”

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

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,

For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.

Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.

Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees,

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

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.

See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.

And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

For you know that later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing with tears.

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

and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more.

keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! For he is the one who gives me confidence.

He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended.

We wait for the Lord; he is our deliverer and shield.

For our hearts rejoice in him, for we trust in his holy name.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.

Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.

The Lord is good to those who trust in him, to the one who seeks him.

It is good to wait patiently for deliverance from the Lord.

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, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

I rely on the Lord, I rely on him with my whole being; I wait for his assuring word.

This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.

Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold – gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away – and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the Lord’s favor in the land of the living?

Rely on the Lord! Be strong and confident! Rely on the Lord!

For this reason the Lord is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the Lord is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.

Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.

And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

The godly cry out and the Lord hears; he saves them from all their troubles.

The Lord is near the brokenhearted; he delivers those who are discouraged.

The godly face many dangers, but the Lord saves them from each one of them.

And we urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.

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

But you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing what is right.

Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you.

But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad.

I relied completely on the Lord, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help.

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

Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated. Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated.

Better to be slow to anger than to be a mighty warrior, and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city.

When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy.

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you – yes, I help you – yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!

You are my hiding place and my shield. I find hope in your word.

I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage – I have conquered the world.”

If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us.

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

The Lord says, “Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.

When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.

I will satisfy him with long life, and will let him see my salvation.

Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

But in fact, if you happen to suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. But do not be terrified of them or be shaken.

And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise.

For it has been granted to you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him,

I thank my God every time I remember you.

since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.

Even when I must walk in the midst of danger, you revive me. You oppose my angry enemies, and your right hand delivers me.

Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.

This is what comforts me in my trouble, for your promise revives me.

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

“Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”

For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry.”

The Lord avenges me. O Lord, your loyal love endures. Do not abandon those whom you have made!

When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.

For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the glory that will be revealed to us.

Throw your burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be upended.

We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;

we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed,

It was good for me to suffer, so that I might learn your statutes.

For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

Rely on the Lord! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.

Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.”

by casting all your cares on him because he cares for you.

“Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds,

for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans.

You are my hiding place; you protect me from distress. You surround me with shouts of joy from those celebrating deliverance. (Selah)

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

For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.

I collapse from grief. Sustain me by your word!

The Lord strengthens and protects me; I trust in him with all my heart. I am rescued and my heart is full of joy; I will sing to him in gratitude.

So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

“I, I am the one who consoles you. Why are you afraid of mortal men, of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass?

Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

Those who love your law are completely secure; nothing causes them to stumble.

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage.

God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble.

He says, “Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!”

The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah)

For this reason we do not fear when the earth shakes, and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,

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

When I am afraid, I trust in you.

Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.

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

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,

with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

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

Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.

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

Distress and hardship confront me, yet I find delight in your commands.

So then, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.

As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.

For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.

Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you. Give us strength each morning! Deliver us when distress comes.

Therefore, since we have been declared righteous 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, how much more, since we have been reconciled, will we be saved by his life?

Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.

So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned –

for before the law was given, sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin when there is no law.

Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the same way that Adam (who is a type of the coming one) transgressed.

But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if the many died through the transgression of the one man, how much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ multiply to the many!

And the gift is not like the one who sinned. For judgment, resulting from the one transgression, led to condemnation, but the gracious gift from the many failures led to justification.

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

Consequently, just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people.

For just as through the disobedience of the one man many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man many will be made righteous.

through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God’s glory.

because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

I will lie down and sleep peacefully, for you, Lord, make me safe and secure.

Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus,

And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

The Lord delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The Lord protects my life! I am afraid of no one!

You keep completely safe the people who maintain their faith, for they trust in you.

A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.

And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.

nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.

In my distress I cried out to the Lord. The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place.

The Lord is on my side, I am not afraid! What can people do to me?

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears punishment has not been perfected in love.

So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward.

For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised.

Taste and see that the Lord is good! How blessed is the onewho takes shelter in him!

For this finds God’s favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly.

And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,

For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God.

Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!

Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms; your walls are constantly before me.

Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.

Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.

May he show the humble what is right! May he teach the humble his way!

Then Jesus spoke out again, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

I constantly trust in the Lord; because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.

may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.

The Lord is near all who cry out to him, all who cry out to him sincerely.

So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.

Be strong and confident, all you who wait on the Lord!

Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

He will surely give me shelter in the day of danger; he will hide me in his home; he will place me on an inaccessible rocky summit.

We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

(For someone who has died has been freed from sin.)

so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

You allowed men to ride over our heads; we passed through fire and water, but you brought us out into a wide open place.

I have experienced times of need and times of abundance. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of contentment, whether I go satisfied or hungry, have plenty or nothing.

I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.

But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.

Sustain me as you promised, so that I will live. Do not disappoint me!

So then let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator as they do good.

How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, the Lord delivers him.

As for you, O Lord, have mercy on me and raise me up, so I can pay them back!”

By this I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

As for me, you uphold me because of my integrity; you allow me permanent access to your presence.

The Lord God of Israel deserves praise in the future and forevermore! We agree! We agree!

May the Lord protect him and save his life! May he be blessed in the land! Do not turn him over to his enemies!

Even if the mountains are removed and the hills displaced, my devotion will not be removed from you, nor will my covenant of friendship be displaced,” says the Lord, the one who has compassion on you.

But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.

And again it 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, “The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.”

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

But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

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

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.

For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.

If I had not found encouragement in your law, I would have died in my sorrow.

For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.

But just as it is written, “Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the things God has prepared for those who love him.”

They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent.

and gathered from foreign lands, from east and west, from north and south.

The sailors rejoiced because the waves grew quiet, and he led them to the harbor they desired.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

that is, into an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you,

He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,

If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people.

As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king –

No harm will overtake you; no illness will come near your home.

For he will order his angels to protect you in all you do.

They will lift you up in their hands, so you will not slip and fall on a stone.

You will subdue a lion and a snake; you will trample underfoot a young lion and a serpent.

The Lord says, “Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.

When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.

I will satisfy him with long life, and will let him see my salvation.

I say this about the Lord, my shelter and my stronghold, my God in whom I trust –

Do not say, “I will pay back evil!” Wait for the Lord, so that he may vindicate you.

Jesus looked at them and replied, “This is impossible for mere humans, but for God all things are possible.”

He heals the brokenhearted, and bandages their wounds.

With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints.

O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me – and I in him – bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing.

Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

It is better to take shelter in the Lord than to trust in people.

For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow toward us, so also our comfort through Christ overflows to you.

But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.

And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.

If the Lord had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death.

If I say, “My foot is slipping,” your loyal love, O Lord, supports me.

Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply, ‘Here I am.’ You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.

The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God’s children.

And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) – if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.

“Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me.