Bible verses about "persistence" | Living_Oracles

¹³ Now, may the God of hope fill you with all joy, and peace, in believing; in order that you may abound in that hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁰ Fear none of the things which you shall suffer; behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and you shall have tribulation ten days: be you faithful until death, and I will give you a crown of life.

⁶ having this very confidence, that he who has begun a good work among you, will continue to perfect it till the day of Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ And if we know that he hearkens to us, concerning whatever we ask; we know that we shall obtain the petitions which we have asked from him.

⁶ But without faith it is impossible to please God. For he who comes to God, must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them who diligently seek him.

⁵⁸ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stable, unmoved; abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

¹ James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are in the dispersion: Health. ² My brethren, count it all joy, when you fall into diverse trials; ³ knowing that the proof of your faith works out patience. ⁴ Let patience, therefore, have a perfect effect, that you may be perfect and complete, deficient in nothing. ⁵ If any of you be deficient in wisdom, let him ask it of God: who gives to all men liberally, and upbraids not, and it shall be given to him. ⁶ But let him ask in faith, being not at all irresolute: for he who is irresolute, is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed. ⁷ Now let not that man think, that he shall receive anything from the Lord. ⁸ A man of two minds, is unstable in all his ways. ⁹ Moreover, let the brother of humble condition glory in his exaltation, ¹⁰ and the rich in his humiliation; for as a garden flower he shall pass away.- ¹¹ For the sun rises with a burning heat, and withers the herb, and its flower falls down, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also shall the rich man fade in his ways. ¹² Blessed is the man who sustains trial, for becoming an approved person, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them who love him. ¹³ Let no one who is tempted say, Certainly I am tempted by God: for God is incapable of being tempted by evil things, and he tempts no one. ¹⁴ But every one is tempted, when he is drawn away, and enticed by his own lust: ¹⁵ then lust having conceived, brings forth sin, and sin, being perfected, brings forth death. ¹⁶ Be not deceived, my beloved brethren; ¹⁷ every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, descended from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variableness, nor shadow of turning. ¹⁸ Of his own will, he begot us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of fruits of his creatures. ¹⁹ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; ²⁰ for the wrath of man works not out the righteousness of God. ²¹ Wherefore, putting away all filthiness, and overflowing of maliciousness, embrace with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. ²² And be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves by false reasoning. ²³ For if any one be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man who views his natural face in a mirror; ²⁴ for he who looks at himself and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of person he was. ²⁵ But he who looks narrowly into the perfect law of liberty, and perseveres, not becoming a forgetful hearer, but a doer of its work, shall, in so doing, be happy. ²⁶ If any one among you think to be religious, who bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, the religion of this person is vain. ²⁷ Pure religion, and undefiled, with God, even the Father, is this: To take care of orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world.

¹⁴ I press on toward the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God, by Christ Jesus.

¹⁷ Pray without ceasing.

¹³ And you, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

¹ Since, then, we have so great a cloud of witnesses placed before us, laying aside every encumbrance, and the sin which easily entangles us, let us run, with perseverance, the race set before us; ² looking to Jesus, the leader and perfecter of the faith; who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

⁵ Moreover, he said to them, Should one of you have a friend, and go to him at midnight, and say, Friend, lend me three loaves; ⁶ for a friend of mine is come off his road to see me, and I have nothing to set before him; ⁷ and he, from within, should answer, Do not disturb me; the door is now locked; I and my children are in bed; I can not rise to give you: ⁸ I tell you, though he will not rise and supply him, because he is his friend; he will, because of his importunity, get up, and give him as many as he wants. ⁹ I likewise tell you, ask, and you shall obtain; seek, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you: ¹⁰ for whosoever asks, obtains; whosoever seeks, finds; and to every one who knocks, the door is opened.

¹ He also showed them, by a parable, that they ought to persist in prayer, without growing weary. ² In a certain city, said he, there was a judge, who neither feared God nor regarded man. ³ And there was a widow in that city, who came to him, saying, Do me justice on my adversary. ⁴ For some time he refused; be afterward he argued thus with himself, Although I neither fear God, nor regard man; ⁵ yet, because this widow importunes me, I will judge her cause; let she come perpetually, and plague me. ⁶ Mark, said the Lord, what the unjust judge determined. ⁷ And will not God avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he linger in their cause? ⁸ I assure you, he will suddenly avenge them. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find this belief upon the earth?

⁹ I likewise tell you, ask, and you shall obtain; seek, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you: ¹⁰ for whosoever asks, obtains; whosoever seeks, finds; and to every one who knocks, the door is opened.

⁹ Wherefore, let us not flag in well doing; for in the proper season we shall reap, if we faint not.