Quotes About Patience

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.

For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a manís misery weighs heavily upon him.

If the rulerís temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.

Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.

He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”

Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?

I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”

For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.

Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.

Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?

Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.

Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.

And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.

Behold, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!”

The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.

“Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.