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Bible Verses About Patience to Memorize
In the King James Version, "patience" usually translates a Greek word meaning endurance — the capacity to stay under a load without quitting. So when James writes that "the trying of your faith worketh patience," he is not describing the ability to stand in line calmly; he is describing the spiritual muscle that holds marriages, ministries, and faith itself together over decades.
Scripture treats patience as something grown, not granted instantly — which is its own quiet joke, since the growing requires patience. Trials produce it (James 1:3), hope sustains it (Romans 8:25), and the harvest rewards it: "in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
These ten verses are for the long middle stretch — the unanswered prayer, the slow healing, the child you keep praying for, the work that is not bearing visible fruit yet. Memorize them and let them keep you planted.
KJV verse list
10 Bible verses about patience
Each verse below is shown in the King James Version. Read it slowly, then use the note beneath it to see why it is worth carrying with you.
James 1:3-4
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Explains why trials and patience are connected — and tells you to let patience "have her perfect work."
Galatians 6:9
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
"Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not" — the farmer’s promise for anyone tired of doing good.
Psalm 27:14
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
"Wait on the LORD" bookends this verse — repeated because waiting is the part we most want to skip.
Psalm 37:7
Rest 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.
"Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him" — patience aimed at the specific irritation of watching others prosper unfairly.
James 5:7-8
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
The farmer waiting for rain is Scripture’s picture of patience with a fixed hope: "the coming of the Lord draweth nigh."
Romans 8:25
But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Connects patience to hope: "if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it."
Romans 12:12
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Three commands in nine words — "rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer" — a portable rule of life.
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
The famous promise that waiting on the LORD is not wasted time — it is where strength gets renewed.
Lamentations 3:25-26
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
"It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD" — waiting reframed as good, not merely endurable.
Hebrews 10:36
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
Plain-spoken and bracing: "ye have need of patience" — because the promise comes after the doing of God’s will, not before.
Memorization help
How to memorize these verses
There is a happy irony in memorizing patience verses: the method itself trains the virtue. Take them slowly — one verse per week is plenty — and resist the urge to rush ahead, letting the daily review be a small exercise in the very endurance the verses describe. Galatians 6:9 and Psalm 27:14 make a strong starting pair: one for weariness in doing good, one for weariness in waiting. The Bible Memory App’s spaced repetition is built for exactly this kind of slow, durable learning.
The Bible Memory App turns that practice into a daily habit: type each verse from memory, get instant feedback on every word, and review on a schedule so the verses stay with you for years, not days. It is free to start, and you can add any of the verses above in seconds.
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Questions about Bible verses on patience
What does the Bible say about patience?
Scripture treats patience as endurance produced by tested faith (James 1:3-4), lists it as a fruit of the Spirit under the KJV word "longsuffering" (Galatians 5:22), and repeatedly ties it to waiting on God’s timing (Psalm 27:14, Isaiah 40:31). The consistent promise is that patient endurance is rewarded: "in due season we shall reap, if we faint not" (Galatians 6:9).
What is a good Bible verse for waiting on God?
Isaiah 40:31 — "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength" — is the best known. Psalm 27:14 and Lamentations 3:25-26 are also excellent: the first commands courage while waiting, and the second calls quiet waiting for the LORD genuinely "good."
How can I become more patient?
The Bible’s honest answer is that patience grows through trials (James 1:3, Romans 5:3) and through hope in God’s promises (Romans 8:25). Practically, keeping those promises memorized — so you can rehearse them mid-frustration instead of rehearsing the delay — is one of the most concrete steps you can take.
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