The word in Scripture

Patience in the Bible

The word patience appears 34 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Patience is steadfast endurance that waits on God without giving up. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What patience means in the Bible

Patience is steadfast endurance that waits on God without giving up.

Where the word patience appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word patience appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.”Matthew 18:29

“In your patience possess ye your souls.”Luke 21:19

“But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.”Romans 8:25

“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.”Romans 15:4

“That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”Hebrews 6:12

“For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.”Hebrews 10:36

“And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.”Revelation 2:3

“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”Revelation 14:12