150 Bible Verses about Patience in Adversity

And not only this, but we also boast in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces patient endurance,and patient endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope,

Consider it all joy, my brothers, whenever you encounter various trials,for human anger does not accomplish the righteousness of God.Therefore, putting aside all moral uncleanness and wicked excess, welcome with humility the implanted message which is able to save your souls.But be doers of the message and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,because if anyone is a hearer of the message and not a doer, this one is like someone staring at his own face in a mirror,for he looks at himself and goes away and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.But the one who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues to do it, not being a forgetful hearer but a doer who acts, this one will be blessed in what he does.If anyone thinks he is religious, although he does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, 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 may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.

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

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong and let your heart show strength, and wait for Yahweh.

And let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, if we do not give up.

But those who wait for Yahweh shall renew their strength. They shall go up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not grow weary; they shall walk and not be faint.

Be quiet before Yahweh and wait for him. Do not fret about one who succeeds in his way, about a man making plots.

Temptation has not come upon you except what is common to humanity. But God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but will also make a way out together with the temptation, so that you may 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 concerning it until it receives the early and late rains.You also be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near.

For you have need of endurance, in order that after you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

Therefore we do not lose heart, but even if our outer person is being destroyed, yet our inner person is being renewed day after day.For our momentary light affliction is producing in us an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure and proportion,because we are not looking at what is seen, but what is not seen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is not seen is eternal.

Be still, 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, we await it eagerly with patient endurance.

Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,For they disciplined us for a few days according to what seemed appropriate to them, but he does so for our benefit, in order that we can have a share in his holiness.Now all discipline seems for the moment not to be joyful but painful, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who are trained by it.Therefore strengthen your slackened hands and your weakened knees,and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame will not be dislocated, but rather be healed.Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.Take care that no one falls short of the grace of God; that no one growing up like a root of bitterness causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;that no one be a sexually immoral or totally worldly person like Esau, who for one meal traded his own birthright.For you know that also afterwards, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, because he did not find an occasion for repentance, although he sought it with tears.For you have not come to something that can be touched, and to a burning fire, and to darkness, and to gloom, and to a whirlwind,and to the noise of a trumpet, and to the sound of words which those who heard begged that not another word be spoken to them.fixing our eyes on Jesus, the originator and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Only for God wait in silence, O my soul, because my hope is from him.Only he is my rock and my salvation, my high stronghold; I shall not be shaken.

Our soul waits for Yahweh; he is our help and our shield.For in him our heart rejoices because in his holy name we trust.

Trust Yahweh with all your heart; do not lean toward your own understanding.In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will straighten your paths.

Yahweh is good to those who wait on him, to the person that seeks him.It is good to wait in silence for the salvation of Yahweh.

And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered for a short time, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

I await Yahweh; my soul awaits, and I wait for his word.

in which you rejoice greatly, although now for a short time, if necessary, you are distressed by various trials,so that the genuineness of your faith, more valuable than gold that is passing away, but is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

Surely I believe that I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.Wait for Yahweh. Be strong and let your heart show strength, and wait for Yahweh.

Therefore Yahweh waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he will rise up to show you mercy, for Yahweh is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

They cry out and Yahweh hears and delivers them from all of their troubles.Yahweh is near to those who are heartbroken and saves those who are crushed in spirit.Many are the distresses of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

And we urge you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, console the discouraged, help the sick, be patient toward all people.

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

But as for you, brothers, do not be discouraged while doing what is right.

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, when it takes place to test you, as if something strange were happening to you.But to the degree that you share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, so that also at the revelation of his glory you may rejoice and be glad.

I waited patiently for Yahweh, And he inclined to me and heard my cry for help.

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

Indeed, none who wait for you should be put to shame. Those who betray without cause should be put to shame.

He who is slow to anger is better than him who is mighty, and he who controls his spirit than him who captures a city.

When my troubled thoughts were many within me, your consolations cheered my soul.

You must not fear, for I am with you; you must not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, indeed I will help you, indeed I will take hold of you with the right hand of my salvation.

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

I have said these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction, but have courage! I have conquered the world.”

if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;

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

Because he loves me, therefore I will deliver him; I will protect him because he knows my name.He will call upon me and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue and honor him.With long life I will satisfy him, and show him my salvation.

Blessed is the person who endures testing, because when he is approved he will receive the crown of life that he has promised to those who love him.

But even if you might suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not be afraid of their intimidation or be disturbed,

And so, by persevering, he obtained the promise.

because to you has been graciously granted on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on behalf of him,I give thanks to my God upon my every remembrance of you,having the same struggle which you saw in me and now hear about in me.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve me alive. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my enemies, and you save me with your right hand.

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

This is my comfort in my misery: that your word preserves my life.

Come to me, all of you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke on 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 should we look for another?”For my yoke is easy to carry and my burden is light.”

Yahweh accomplishes things for my benefit. O Yahweh, your loyal love endures forever; do not abandon the works of your hands.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they shall not flow over you. When you walk through fire, you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not scorch you.

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

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed;

It is good for me that I was afflicted, so that I might learn your statutes.

For whatever was written beforehand was written for our instruction, in order that through patient endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.

Wait for Yahweh and keep his way, and he will exalt you to possess the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

Your lifestyle must be free from the love of money, being content with what you have. For he himself has said, “I will never desert you, and I will never abandon you.”

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

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” declares Yahweh.“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

You are my hiding place; from trouble you preserve me. With cries of deliverance you surround me. Selah

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

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

My soul weeps because of grief; strengthen me according to your word.

Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart trusts him and I am helped. So my heart rejoices, and with my song I will give thanks to him.

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

“I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man? He dies! And of the son of humankind? He is sacrificed as grass!

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

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for it from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

Great peace is for those who love your law, and they do not have a cause for stumbling.

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you—not as the world gives, I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.

God is our refuge and strength, a very sufficient help in troubles.Be still, 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 high stronghold.Therefore we will not fear though the earth change, and though the mountains totter into the midst of the sea,

For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.

When I fear, I trust you.

Look! God is my salvation; I will trust, and I will not be afraid, for my strength and might is Yah, Yahweh; and he has become salvation for me.”

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things against you, lying on account of me.Rejoice and be glad, because your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.

Brothers, I do not consider myself to have laid hold of it. But I do one thing, forgetting the things behind and straining toward the things ahead,I press on toward the goal for 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 walk in a dark valley, I fear no evil because you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love,

Trouble and anguish have found me; your commands delight me.

Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow, because tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

As a father pities his children, so Yahweh pities those who fear him.For he knows our frame. He remembers that we are dust.

Yahweh, be gracious to us, we wait for you. Be our arm in the mornings, indeed our salvation in the time of trouble.

Therefore, because 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, by much more, having been reconciled, we will be saved by his life.And not only this, but also we are boasting in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.Because of this, just as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death spread to all people because all sinned.For until the law, sin was in the world, but sin is not charged to one’s account when there is no law.But death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of the one who is to come.But the gift is not like the trespass, for if by the trespass of the one, the many died, by 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 as through the one who sinned, for on the one hand, judgment from the one sin led to condemnation, but the gift, from many trespasses, led to justification.For if by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through the one man, 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 therefore, as through one trespass came condemnation to all people, so also through one righteous deed came justification of life to all people.For just as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one, the many will be made righteous.through whom also we have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we boast in the hope of the glory of God.

because we remember your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,

In peace I will lie down and sleep at once, for you alone, O Yahweh, make me dwell safely.

Now may the God of patient endurance and of encouragement grant you to be in agreement with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus,

And this is the confidence that 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 refuge of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

You will protect a firm inclination in peace, in peace because he trusts in you.

The friend loves at all times, but a brother is born for adversity.

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

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

But the one who endures to the end—this person will be saved.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the hasty of spirit exalts folly.

Out of my distress I called to Yah. Yah answered me, setting me in a broad place.Yahweh is for me; I do not fear. What can mere humans do to me?

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear includes punishment, and the one who is afraid has not been perfected in love.

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has great reward.For you have need of endurance, in order that after you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

Taste and see that Yahweh is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

For this finds favor, if because of consciousness of God someone endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.like newborn infants long for the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if you endure when you do good and suffer for it, this finds favor with God.

Can a woman forget her suckling, refrain from having compassion on the child of her womb? Indeed, these may forget, but I, I will not forget you!Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.

being devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another more highly in honor,

Do not be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods by which those who participate have not benefited.

He causes the humble to walk in justice, and teaches the humble his way.

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “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 have set Yahweh before me always. Because he is at my right hand I will not be shaken.

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

For consider the one who endured such hostility by sinners against himself, so that you will not grow weary in your souls and give up.

Yahweh is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Therefore, whether you eat or you drink or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will straighten your paths.

Be strong and let your heart show strength, all you who wait for Yahweh.

Carry the burdens of one another, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Because he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble. He will conceal me in the hiding place of his tent. He will set me high upon a rock.

knowing this, that our old man was crucified together with him, in order that the body of sin may be done away with, that we may no longer be enslaved to sin.For the one who has died has been freed from sin.

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

You let men ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you have brought us out to the place of abundance.

I know how both to make do with little and I know how to have an abundance. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to have an abundance and to go without.I am able to do all things by the one who strengthens me.

But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul is not well pleased with him.”

Sustain me according to your word, that I may live, and do not let me be ashamed of my hope.

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

Blessed is the one who has regard for the poor; in the day of disaster, Yahweh delivers him.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 has not shouted in triumph over me.As for me, you have upheld me in my integrity, and you have set me in your presence forever.Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.Yahweh protects him and keeps him alive; he is blessed in the land, and you do not give him into the will of his enemies.

For the mountains may depart, and the hills may sway, but my faithfulness shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not sway,” says Yahweh, who has compassion on you,

But we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.And again it says, “Rejoice, Gentiles, with his people.”And again, “Praise the Lord, all the Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him.”And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, even the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will put their hope.”Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.Now I myself also am convinced about you, my brothers, that you yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to instruct one another.But I have written to you more boldly on some points, so as to remind you again because of the grace that has been given to me by God,with the result that I am a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving the gospel of God as a priest, in order that the offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.Therefore I have a reason for boasting in Christ Jesus regarding the things concerning God.For I will not dare to speak about anything except that which Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit, so that from Jerusalem and traveling around as far as Illyricum I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.Let each one of us please his neighbor for his good, for the purpose of edification.

Unless your law had been my delight, then I would have perished in my misery.

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

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

Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distresses.He made the storm be still and their waves became calm.and gathered from the lands, from east and from west, from north and from south.Then they were glad because they grew silent, so he guided them to their desired harbor.

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,into an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and unfading, reserved in heaven for you

who delivered us from so great a risk of death, and will deliver us, in whom we have put our hope that he will also deliver us again,

If it is possible on your part, be at peace with all people.

One who lives in the secret place of the Most High will lodge in the shadow of Shaddai.No harm will befall you, and no plague will come near your tent.For he will command his angels concerning you, to watch over you in all your ways.In their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.You will tread on lion and viper; you will trample young lion and serpent.Because he loves me, therefore I will deliver him; I will protect him because he knows my name.He will call upon me and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue and honor him.With long life I will satisfy him, and show him my salvation.I will say to Yahweh, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.”

Do not say “I will repay evil”; wait for Yahweh and he will deliver you.

But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With human beings this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

He is the one who heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.

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

O God, you are my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you as in a dry and weary land without water.

“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him—this one bears much fruit, for apart from me you are not able to do anything.

Commit your work to Yahweh, and your plans will be established.

It is better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust in humans.

For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, thus through Christ our comfort overflows also.But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that is at work in the patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.

And the things which you have learned and received and heard about 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 silence.When I thought, “My foot is slipping,” your loyal love, O Yahweh, supported me.

Then you shall call, and Yahweh himself will answer. You shall cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am!’ If you remove from among you the yoke, the finger-pointing and evil speech,

The Spirit himself confirms to 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 together with him so that we may also be glorified together with him.

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