Bible Verses about “persistence”

“So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;”

“knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.”

“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,”

“Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”

“Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.”

“But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.”

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.”

“for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.”

“Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”

“If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.”

“But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.”

“Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up.”

“But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.”

“But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.”

“Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.”

“But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.”

“For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;”

“for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.”

“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”

“He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.”

“For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.”

“Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.”

“Don't be deceived, my beloved brothers.”

“Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.”

“Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.”

“and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.”

“But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;”

“For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.”

“Pray without ceasing.”

“James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.”

“Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,”

“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”

“looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

“being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”

“for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.”

“And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.”

“But you, brothers, don't be weary in doing well.”

“Don't be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.”

“He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,”

“"I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.”

“Won't God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?”

“I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"”

“For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.”

“saying, "There was a judge in a certain city who didn't fear God, and didn't respect man.”

“A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, 'Defend me from my adversary!'”

“He wouldn't for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,”

“yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"”

“The Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.”

“I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.”

“He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,”