Today we will be dealing with 25 bible verses about patience in hard times. Psalm 110:1 The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.” The Lord is commanding us to stay at his right hand until he makes our enemy a footstool under our feet. This portion of the bible is talking about exercising patience in hard times. The enemy the scripture is talking about here is the hard times.
However, it is hard to be patient during a difficult situation. How do you calm someone going through the pain of child loss or a wife who has just lost her husband to the cold hands of death? It is very difficult to keep calm, it is difficult to be patient in hard times. But God is telling us to sit at His right hand until he has conquered our fear and defeated our complex situations. The scripture makes us understand that God acts in His time. The book of Isaiah 60:22 At the right time, I, the LORD, will make it happen.” We only need to exercise patience for the time to come. When the time is right God will make it happen.
God didn’t promise us that there won’t be trouble. He didn’t promise us that we will get everything on a platter of gold. He never promise us that there won’t be hard times in our lives. What God promises us is that he has conquered the world. John 16:33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth, you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” God has conquered the world, we just need to exercise patience as we, through faith, bask in our victory.
For us going through hard times presently, we have compiled a list of 25 bible verses about patience in hard times.
1. Galatians 5:22
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.”
2. Colossians 3:12
“Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.”
3. Ephesians 4:2-3
“with all humility and gentleness, with patience, accepting one another in love, diligently keeping the unity of the Spirit with the peace that binds us.”
4. 1 Thessalonians 5:14
“And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.”
5. James 1:19
“My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.”
6. Matthew 4:5-6
“Then the devil took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written, ‘He will command His angels concerning You’; and ‘On their hands they will bear You up, So that You will not strike Your foot against a stone. “
7. Psalm 46:10
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
8. Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”
9. Proverbs 19:3
“The foolishness of man ruins his way, And his heart rages against the LORD.”
10. Proverbs 13:6
“Godliness guards the path of the blameless, but the evil are misled by sin.”
11. Romans 2:4
“Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?”
12. 1 Corinthians 13:4
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”
13. 2 Peter 3:15
“Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.”
14. Exodus 34:6
“Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth.”
15. Romans 12:12
“Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be persistent in prayer.”
16. Psalm 40:1-2
“For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.”
17. Philippians 4:6
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”
18. Psalm 27:13-14
“I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.”
19. Psalm 62:5-6
“My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.”
20. Hebrews 12:2
“fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
21. Psalm 37:7
“Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act. Don’t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes.”
22. Romans 5:3-4
“And not only that, but we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance, endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope.”
23. Hebrews 10:36
“For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.”
24. James 5:7-8
“Therefore, brothers, be patient until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and is patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.”
25. Colossians 1:11
“being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience.”
