Bible verses about "persistence" | Murdock

¹³ Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace, by faith; that ye may abound in his hope, by the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁰ Be not terrified at any of the things thou art to suffer. For lo, the Accuser will throw some of you into custody, that ye may be tried; and there will be trouble to you ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

⁶ Because I am confident of this, that he who hath begun the good works in you, will accomplish them until the day of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

¹⁵ And if we are persuaded that he heareth us respecting what we ask of him, we are confident of receiving presently the petitions which we asked of him.

⁶ But, without faith, a man cannot please God. For he that draweth near to God, must believe his existence, and that he will recompense those who seek him.

⁵⁸ Wherefore, my brethren and my beloved, be ye steadfast, and be not vacillating; but be ye at all times abundant in the work of the Lord; seeing ye know, that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

¹ JAMES, a servant of God, and of our Lord Jesus the Messiah; to the twelve tribes dispersed among the Gentiles; greeting peace. ² Let it be all joy to you, my brethren, when ye enter into many and various trials. ³ For ye know, that the trial of your faith, maketh you possess patience. ⁴ And let patience have its perfect work, so that ye may be complete and perfect, and may lack nothing. ⁵ And if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all freely, and reproacheth not; and it will be given him. ⁶ But let him ask in faith, not hesitating: he who hesitateth is like the waves of the sea, which the wind agitateth. ⁷ And let not that man expect to receive any thing of the Lord, ⁸ who is hesitating in his mind, and unstable in all his ways. ⁹ And let the depressed brother rejoice, in his elevation; ¹⁰ and the rich, in his depression; because, like the flower of an herb, so he passeth away. ¹¹ For the sun riseth in its heat, and drieth up the herb; and its flower falleth, and the beauty of its appearance perisheth: so also the rich man withereth in his ways. ¹² Blessed is the man who endureth temptations; so that when he is proved he may receive a crown of life, which God hath promised to them that love him. ¹³ Let no one when he is tempted, say, I am tempted of God: for God is not tempted with evils, nor doth he tempt any man. ¹⁴ But every man is tempted by his own lust; and he lusteth, and is drawn away. ¹⁵ And this his lust conceiveth, and bringeth forth sin; and sin, when mature, bringeth forth death. ¹⁶ Do not err, my beloved brethren. ¹⁷ Every good and perfect gift cometh down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no mutation, not even the shadow of change. ¹⁸ He saw fit, and begat us by the word of truth; that we might be the first-fruits of his creatures. ¹⁹ And be ye, my beloved brethren, every one of you, swift to hear, and slow to speak; and slow to wrath: ²⁰ for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. ²¹ Wherefore, remove far from you all impurity, and the abundance of wickedness; and, with meekness, receive the word that is implanted in our nature, which is able to vivify these your souls. ²² But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only; and do not deceive yourselves. ²³ For if any man shall be a hearer of the word, and not a doer of it, he will be like one who seeth his face in a mirror: ²⁴ for he seeth himself, and passeth on, and forgetteth what a man he was. ²⁵ But every one that looketh upon the perfect law of liberty and abideth in it, is not a hearer of something to be forgotten, but a doer of the things; and he will be blessed in his work. ²⁶ And if any one thinketh that he worshippeth God, and doth not restrain his tongue, but his heart deceiveth him; his worship is vain. ²⁷ For the worship that is pure and holy before God the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and the widows in their affliction, and that one keep himself unspotted from the world.

¹⁴ and I run straight for the goal, that I may obtain the prize of victory of the call of God from on high, by Jesus the Messiah.

¹⁷ And pray without ceasing.

¹³ And my brethren, let it not be wearisome to you, to do what is good.

¹ Therefore let us also, who have all these witnesses surrounding us like clouds, cast from us all encumbrances, and sin, which is always prepared for us; and let us run with patience the race that is appointed for us. ² And let us look on Jesus, who hath become the commencement and the completion of our faith; who, on account of the joy there was for him, endured the cross, and surrendered himself to opprobrium; and is seated on the right hand of the throne of God.

⁵ And he said to them: Which of you shall have a friend, that shall come to him at midnight and say to him, My friend, lend me three cakes; ⁶ for a friend hath come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him? ⁷ And his friend within shall answer, and say to him: Do not disturb me, for lo, the door is closed, and my children with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. ⁸ I say to you: If he give him not, on account of friendship, yet on account of his importunity, he will arise and give him as much as he asketh. ⁹ I say also to you: Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and ye will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it is opened.

¹ And he spoke to them a similitude also, that men should pray at all times, and not become weary. ² There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God, and regarded not men. ³ And there was a certain widow in that city; and she came to him, and said: Vindicate me against my adversary. ⁴ And he would not, for a long time: but afterwards, he said to himself: Though I fear not God, and regard not men, ⁵ yet, because this widow troubleth me, I will vindicate her; that she may not be always coming and troubling me. ⁶ And our Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge saith. ⁷ And will not God, much more, vindicate his chosen, who call upon him by day and by night; and have patience with them? ⁸ I tell you, He will vindicate them speedily. Yet the Son of man will come; and will he find faith on the earth?

⁹ I say also to you: Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and ye will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it is opened.

⁹ And while we do what is good, let it not be wearisome to us; for the time will come when we shall reap, and it will not be tedious to us.