Quotes About Patience

Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.

So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but it has not yet been completed.”

But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.

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.

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.

and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.

And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.

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.

“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?

What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.

If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!

Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.

Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?

“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.

Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.

Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?

Job continued his discourse:

And Job continued his discourse:

Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.

Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,

Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?