Perseverance — Page 2
Verses 11–20 of 41
James 5:11 KJV
“Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.”
Context & Meaning
Job's perseverance through devastating loss is held up as an example of endurance that God ultimately rewarded.
1 Corinthians 9:24 KJV
“Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.”
Context & Meaning
Paul borrows the athletic metaphor to call for intentional, disciplined perseverance aimed at the prize.
Psalm 37:24 KJV
“Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.”
Context & Meaning
Even stumbling does not end the race, God's hand holds up those who belong to Him.
Luke 21:19 KJV
“In your patience possess ye your souls.”
Context & Meaning
Jesus teaches that patient endurance is the means by which believers secure their lives in the deepest sense.
Romans 8:37 KJV
“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.”
Context & Meaning
Victory through perseverance is not self-achieved but flows from the love of Christ that sustains believers.
Hebrews 12:2 KJV
“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Hebrews 12:3 KJV
“For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.”
James 1:1 KJV
“James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.”
James 1:2 KJV
“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;”
James 1:3 KJV
“Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.”