What God's Word Advises When
You Feel Frantic and Stressed

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Galatians 5
²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Psalm 27
¹⁴ Wait for the Lord ;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the Lord .

Lamentations 3
²⁵ The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
²⁶ it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord .

Romans 8
²⁵But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. ²⁶In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.

Hebrews 6
¹²We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

Romans 12
¹²Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Ephesians 4
²Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

Romans 15
⁴For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
⁵May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus,

Hebrews 10
³⁵So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. ³⁶You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.

Hebrews 12
God Disciplines His Sons
¹Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

Ecclesiastes 7
⁸ The end of a matter is better than its beginning,
and patience is better than pride.
⁹ Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit,
for anger resides in the lap of fools.

1 Thessalonians 5
¹⁴And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

Psalm 37
⁷ Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when men succeed in their ways,
when they carry out their wicked schemes.
⁸ Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;
do not fret-it leads only to evil.
¹⁶ Better the little that the righteous have
than the wealth of many wicked;

Psalm 40
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
¹ I waited patiently for the Lord ;
he turned to me and heard my cry.

Romans 5
³Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; ⁴perseverance, character; and character, hope. ⁵And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

James 1
Trials and Temptations
²Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, ³because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. ⁴Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

James 5
Patience in Suffering
⁷Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. ⁸You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.