James 1:2-4
2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Bible verses about patience (KJV)
The King James Version presents patience as a mark of Christian maturity and as a fruit of the Spirit.
Romans 12:12
12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Galatians 5:22-23
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Ecclesiastes 7:8
8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Proverbs 15:18
18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Psalm 37:7
7Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Psalm 40:1
1I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Colossians 3:12
12Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
2 Peter 3:9
9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 10:36
36For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
Romans 8:25
25But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.