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1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient when others are hard to bear, and love is kind. Love is not jealous. Love does not brag, and it is not full of itself.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

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2 Thessalonians 3:5

May the Lord guide your hearts into God's love and into the patient endurance of Christ.

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

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1 Timothy 3:3

He must not be a heavy drinker or a violent man. He must not be greedy for money made in shameful ways. Instead he must be gentle, not a fighter, and not in love with money.

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

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Luke 21:19

"By your patient endurance you will gain your souls."

In your patience possess ye your souls.

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Romans 12:12

Be glad because of what you are hoping for. Be patient when trouble comes. Keep on praying and do not give up.

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

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James 5:8

You be patient too. Keep your hearts steady, because the Lord's coming is near.

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

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Romans 2:7

He will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good, and who are looking for glory, honor, and life that never ends.

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

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2 Timothy 4:2

Preach the message. Be ready to do it when it is convenient and when it is not. Correct people, warn them, and encourage them, with great patience and careful teaching.

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

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Job 6:11

What strength do I have left, that I should keep hoping? What future is coming, that I should stretch out my life?

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

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Proverbs 14:29

A person who is slow to get angry has great understanding, but a hot-tempered person holds foolishness up high.

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

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2 Timothy 2:24

The Lord's servant must not be a fighter. He must be gentle with everyone, able to teach, and patient when wronged.

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

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1 Thessalonians 5:14

Now we urge you, brothers and sisters: warn those who refuse to do their part, cheer up those who are discouraged, help those who are weak, and be patient with everyone.

Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.

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Ecclesiastes 7:8

The end of something is better than its beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

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Hebrews 13:1

Keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters.

Let brotherly love continue.

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2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow about keeping his promise, even though some people think he is slow. He is being patient with you. He does not want anyone to be destroyed. He wants everyone to turn away from sin.

The 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.

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James 5:7

So be patient, brothers and sisters, until the Lord comes. Think of the farmer. He waits for the valuable crop the ground will give, and he waits patiently for it through the fall rains and the spring rains.

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.

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Nehemiah 9:30

For many years you were patient with them. You warned them by your Spirit through your prophets, but they would not listen. So you handed them over to the peoples of other lands.

Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

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2 Corinthians 1:6

If we are suffering, it is for your comfort and salvation. That comfort does its work as you patiently endure the same sufferings we go through. And if we are comforted, that too is for your comfort and salvation.

And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.