99 Verses about Patience in times of waiting

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

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

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.

“For the vision is yet for the appointed time; It pants toward its end, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; For it will certainly come; it will not delay.

¶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.

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

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;

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

¶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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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,”

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

Commit your way to Yahweh, Trust in Him, and He will do it.

A man’s insight makes him slow to anger, And it is his honor to overlook a transgression.

yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God,

Behold, we count those blessed who persevere. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord’s dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.

Yahweh also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of distress;

For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares Yahweh, ‘plans for peace and not for calamity, to give you a future and a hope.

Therefore, comfort one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing.

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

“Kings will be your guardians, And their princesses your nurses. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth And lick the dust of your feet; And you will know that I am Yahweh; Those who hope in Me will not be put to shame.

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

For thus Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, has said, “In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your might.” But you were not willing,

“But He knows the way I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

Behold, as the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, As the eyes of a servant-girl to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to Yahweh our God, Until He is gracious to us.

And the Lord’s slave must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged,

“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.”

Trust in Yahweh and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice.

The law of his God is in his heart; His steps do not slip.

The wicked spies upon the righteous And seeks to put him to death.

Yahweh will not forsake him in his hand; He will not condemn him when he is judged.

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.

¶I have seen a wicked, ruthless man Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

Then he passed away, and behold, he was no more; I sought for him, but he could not be found.

Observe the blameless man, and behold the upright; For the man of peace will have a posterity.

But transgressors will be altogether destroyed; The posterity of the wicked will be cut off.

But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh; He is their strength in time of distress.

Delight yourself in Yahweh; And He will give you the desires of your heart.

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

Not that I speak from want, for I learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.

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.

¶Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him, For the salvation of His presence.

I hope for Your salvation, O Yahweh, And I do Your commandments.

But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

The eyes of all wait on You, And You give them their food in due time.

And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who draws near to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

For in hope we were saved, but hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he already sees?

And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

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

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.

¶If you are slack in the day of trouble, Your strength is in trouble.

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

¶One thing I have asked from Yahweh, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Yahweh And to inquire in His temple.

So, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience;

Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, O Yahweh, We have hoped for You eagerly; Your name—the memory of You—is the desire of our souls.

My flesh and my heart fail, But God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever.

Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart,

¶Make me know Your ways, O Yahweh; Teach me Your paths.

Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; In You I hope all the day.

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.

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

But you, be strong and do not let your hands fall limp, for there is reward for your work.”

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

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

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

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.

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

Love is patient, love is kind, is not jealous, does not brag, is not puffed up;

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

And it will be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God in whom we have hoped that He would save us. This is Yahweh in whom we have hoped; Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

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 I wait on You, O Yahweh; You will answer, O Lord my God.

For we through the Spirit, by faith, are eagerly waiting for the hope of righteousness.

For from ancient times they have not heard or given ear, Nor has the eye seen a God besides You, Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him.

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.

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

Know this, my beloved brothers. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;

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

so that you may not become dull, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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

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.

“Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I wait for Him.”

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.

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.

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

being strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously

I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

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

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

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.

Better is the end of a matter than its beginning; Better is patience of spirit than haughtiness of spirit.

¶“And now, Lord, what do I hope in? My expectation is in You.

He gives power to the weary, And to him who lacks vigor He increases might.

And our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.

My soul waits for the Lord More than the watchmen for the morning, The watchmen for the morning.

By your perseverance you will gain your lives.

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

¶“Therefore wait for Me,” declares Yahweh, “For the day when I rise up as a witness. Indeed, My judgment is to assemble nations, To gather kingdoms, To pour out on them My indignation, All My burning anger; For all the earth will be devoured By the fire of My zeal.

And may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ.

O Yahweh, in the morning, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch.

¶But as for me, I will watch expectantly for Yahweh; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.