Quotes about Patience
You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
— Nehemiah 9:30
But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.
— Nehemiah 9:31
Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
— Esther 5:10
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
— Job 1:1
But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
— Job 1:11
In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
— Job 1:22
And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
— Job 2:8
Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
— Job 2:9
“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
— Job 2:10
Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
— Job 2:13
“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?
— Job 4:2
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
— Job 5:17