Being Patient

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Look unto Jehovah--be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

and if what we do not behold we hope for, through continuance we expect <FI>it<Fi> .

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.

be patient, ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh;

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.'

but because of this I found kindness, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern of those about to believe on him to life age-during:

Whoso is slow to anger <FI>is<Fi> of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

Jesus said to her, `I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live; — read the full passage →

Better <FI>is<Fi> the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.

And this one thing let not be unobserved by you, beloved, that one day with the Lord <FI>is<Fi> as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day;

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus;

And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.

Better <FI>is<Fi> the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better <FI>is<Fi> the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.

Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain--early and latter; — read the full passage →

who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

`Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry,

and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth smite the breast, and they shall see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of the heaven, with power and much glory;

Merciful and gracious <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;

And rend your heart, and not your garments, And turn back unto Jehovah your God, For gracious and merciful <FI>is<Fi> He, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, And He hath repented concerning the evil.

Lo, I come quickly, be holding fast that which thou hast, that no one may receive thy crown.

for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise,

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

For--a moment <FI>is<Fi> in His anger, Life <FI>is<Fi> in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.

Jehovah, <FI>at<Fi> morning Thou hearest my voice, <FI>At<Fi> morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.

and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, — read the full passage →

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices. — read the full passage →

and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire--in nothing lacking;

that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.

in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

`And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain <FI>it<Fi> , and bear fruit in continuance.

And Jesus said to them, `Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit--ye also--upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain--early and latter;

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

and the endurance, experience; and the experience, hope;

and Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, To-day with me thou shalt be in the paradise.'

Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding--

For yet the vision <FI>is<Fi> for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.

And Thou, O Lord, <FI>art<Fi> God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth.

he who is saying, `I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

And he said also unto his disciples, `A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods; — read the full passage →

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone.

Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down. — read the full passage →

The hope of the righteous <FI>is<Fi> joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth.

and the Devil, who is leading them astray, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where <FI>are<Fi> the beast and the false prophet, and they shall be tormented day and night--to the ages of the ages.

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance; — read the full passage →

or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? --not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!

Seeing that many did take in hand to set in order a narration of the matters that have been fully assured among us, — read the full passage →

And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple, — read the full passage →

And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand, — read the full passage →

Here is endurance of the saints: here <FI>are<Fi> those keeping the commands of God, and the faith of Jesus.'

and the long-suffering of our Lord count ye salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul--according to the wisdom given to him--did write to you,

for this <FI>is<Fi> gracious, if because of conscience toward God any one doth endure sorrows, suffering unrighteously; — read the full passage →

An example take ye of the suffering of evil, my brethren, and of the patience, the prophets who did speak in the name of the Lord;

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, — read the full passage →

looking to the author and perfecter of faith--Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him--did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

and so, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise;

in every thing give thanks, for this <FI>is<Fi> the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother. — read the full passage →

and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.