100 Bible Verses About Patience

So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate.

But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.

My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?

And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.

For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.

Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.

Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:

And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai–roi.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.

And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the Lord they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the Lord they journeyed.

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.

Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.

And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.

And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the Lord was wroth against you to destroy you. But the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and there abide for ever.

Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.

If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God.

And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.

And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:

And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:

Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.

And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth.

And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.

The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.

And his father in law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:

And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

And thou shalt say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.

But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,