Persistence

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you. — read the full passage →

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up, — read the full passage →

for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

He said to them, “Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, — read the full passage →

But you, brothers, don’t be weary in doing well.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

Pray without ceasing.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

When Yahweh was about to take Elijah up by a whirlwind into heaven, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. — read the full passage →

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

The slothful man doesn’t roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope:

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!” — read the full passage →

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; — read the full passage →

Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day. — read the full passage →

For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; — read the full passage →

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; — read the full passage →

Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.

If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.

Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

“By your endurance you will win your lives.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy; — read the full passage →

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.” — read the full passage →

I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.

Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false. — read the full passage →

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love;

Abraham drew near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked? — read the full passage →

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; — read the full passage →

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience:

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”

Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.

and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control patience; and in patience godliness;

so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.”

Pray without ceasing. — read the full passage →

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produces fruit with patience.

“I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.

Elisha said to him, “Take bow and arrows”; and he took to him bow and arrows. — read the full passage →

They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, — read the full passage →

Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:

Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me. — read the full passage →

Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives? — read the full passage →

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road. — read the full passage →

You said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can’t be numbered because there are so many.’”

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. — read the full passage →