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A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.
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Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
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The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.
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Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience of my God also?
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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?
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What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?
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in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;
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being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,
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Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
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But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.
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A Final Charge to Timothy
You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance,
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Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.
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We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
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Patience in Suffering
Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.
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Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
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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.
