Patience and Perseverance

Scriptures that encourage waiting on the Lord and enduring challenges faithfully

  • Exodus 14:14 - "The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent."

  • Isaiah 30:18 - "Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him."

  • Isaiah 40:31 - "But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint."

  • Isaiah 49:23 - "Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame."

  • James 5:7-8 - "Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand."

  • Lamentations 3:25-26 - "The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord."

  • Micah 7:7 - "But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me."

  • Psalm 25:3 - "Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous."

  • Psalm 25:4-5 - "Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long."

  • Psalm 27:14 - "Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!"

  • Psalm 33:20-21 - "Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name."

  • Psalm 37:7 - "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!"

  • Psalm 37:9 - "For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land."

  • Psalm 40:1 - "I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry."

  • Psalm 62:1 - "For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation."

  • Psalm 62:5-6 - "For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken."

  • Psalm 130:5-6 - "I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning."

  • Romans 8:24-25 - "For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience."

  • Romans 12:12 - "Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer."

  • Galatians 6:9 - "And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up."

  • Hebrews 6:15 - "And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise."

  • Hebrews 10:23 - "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful."

  • Hebrews 10:36 - "For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised."

  • 1 Peter 1:6-7 - "In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ."

  • 1 Peter 5:10 - "And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you."