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Bible Verses About Patience and Waiting
The hardest part of waiting is when you’ve done everything you can, and all that’s left is to wait — for a result, for someone to reply, for things to turn. Time seems to stall, and you keep telling yourself to hold on while the restlessness won’t settle.
Here are eight passages from the Bible about patience and waiting. They don’t rush you to get through it, and they don’t say the impatience is your fault. They lay the waiting out, one verse at a time, and let you read slowly.
What the Bible Says About Patience
rejoicing in hope, enduring in troubles, continuing steadfastly in prayer,
Romans 12:12
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
James 1:3-4
Wait for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the LORD.
Psalm 27:14
Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up.
Galatians 6:9
But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.
Romans 8:25
The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Lamentations 3:25-26
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
Psalm 37:7
but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31