Bible verses about "persistence" | Worrell

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

⁶ having become persuaded of this very thing, that He Who began in you a good work will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ;

¹⁵ and, if we know that He heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we asked of Him.

⁶ And, apart from faith, it is impossible to please Him; for he that comes to God must believe that He is, and that He becomes a rewarder to those who seek after Him.

¹⁰ Fear not the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the Devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brethren, become steadfast, immovable, abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

¹ James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are in the Dispersion, greeting. ² Consider it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall in with manifold temptations; ³ knowing that the proving of your faith establishes patience. ⁴ And let patience have a perfect work; that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. ⁵ But, if any of you is lacking in wisdom, let him ask from God, Who giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it will be given him; ⁶ but let him ask in faith, nothing doubting; for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, wind-driven and tossed. ⁷ For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; ⁸ a double-souled man, unstable in all his ways. ⁹ But let the lowly brother glory in his high station; ¹⁰ and the rich, in his humiliation; because, as a flower of grass, he shall pass away. ¹¹ For the sun arose with scorching heat, and withered the grass, and its flower fell out, and the beauty of its appearance perished, so also will the rich man fade away in his goings. ¹² Happy is a man who endures temptation; because, when he becomes approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to those who love Him. ¹³ Let no one, when tempted, say, "I am tempted from God"; for God cannot be tempted with evils, and He Himself tempteth no one. ¹⁴ But each one is tempted, when by his own desire he is drawn away and enticed. ¹⁵ Then the desire, having conceived, brings forth sin; and sin, when completed, brings forth death. ¹⁶ Be not deceived, my beloved brethren. ¹⁷ Every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with Whom there is no variableness or shadow cast by turning. ¹⁸ Having willed it, He brought us forth with a word of truth, that we might be a certain first-fruit of His creatures. ¹⁹ Ye know this, my beloved brethren; but let every man be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; ²⁰ for man's wrath works not God's righteousness. ²¹ Wherefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive in meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. ²² And become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding yourselves. ²³ Because, if anyone is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror; ²⁴ for he observed himself, and went away, and straightway he forgot what manner of man he was. ²⁵ But he who looks carefully into a perfect law—that of liberty—and remains by it, becoming not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work—this man shall be happy in his doing. ²⁶ If anyone thinks that he is religious, while he bridles not his own tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain. ²⁷ A religion, pure and undefiled with our God and Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their tribulation, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

¹⁴ I am pressing on toward the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

¹⁷ pray without ceasing.

¹³ But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing.

¹ Therefore, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us—having thrown off every encumbrance and the easily besetting sin—let us run with patience the race lying before us; ² looking away to the Author and Perfecter of our faith, Jesus; Who, in consideration of the joy lying before Him, endured the cross, despising shame, and hath taken a seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

⁵ And He said to them, "Who of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves; ⁶ forasmuch as a friend of mine came to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him;' ⁷ and he from within, answering, shall say, 'Trouble me not; already the door has been shut, and my children are with me in the bed; I cannot rise and give you.' ⁸ I say to you, even if he will not, rising up, give to him because of his being his friend; yet, because of his importunity, he, rousing himself, will give him as many as he needs. ⁹ And I say to you, ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you: ¹⁰ for every one who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it shall be opened.

¹ And He spake a parable to them, to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint; ² saying, "There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, nor regarded man. ³ And there was a widow in that city; and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Avenge me of my adversary.' ⁴ And he would not for a time; but afterward he said within himself, 'Though I fear not God, nor regard man; ⁵ yet, because this widow occasions me trouble, I will avenge her, lest, by her persistent coming, she wear me out.'" ⁶ And the Lord said, "Hear what the judge of unrighteousness says. ⁷ And will not God avenge His elect, who are crying to Him day and night, and He is long suffering over them? ⁸ I say to you, that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, will the Son of Man, when He cometh, find the faith on the earth?"

⁹ And I say to you, ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you: ¹⁰ for every one who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it shall be opened.

⁹ And, in doing what is noble, let us not grow weary; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.