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BIBLE VERSES · PERSEVERANCE

Bible verses about
perseverance

Perseverance is faith that keeps going — running the race, holding fast, finishing the course. Scripture promises that endurance is not in vain and that God completes what he begins. These King James verses gather the Bible’s words on perseverance.

12 verses about perseverance (KJV)

  1. Galatians 6:9

    And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

  2. James 1:12

    Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

  3. Hebrews 12:1

    Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

  4. Romans 5:3

    And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

  5. Romans 5:4

    And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

  6. 2 Timothy 4:7

    I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

  7. Philippians 3:14

    I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

  8. 1 Corinthians 9:24

    Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

  9. Hebrews 10:36

    For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

  10. James 1:4

    But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

  11. Philippians 1:6

    Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

  12. Isaiah 40:31

    But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Questions, answered plainly

What does the Bible say about perseverance?

The Bible urges believers to keep going: "let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not" (Galatians 6:9), and to "run with patience the race that is set before us" (Hebrews 12:1). It promises a "crown of life" to those who endure (James 1:12).

How do I keep going according to the Bible?

Scripture grounds perseverance in God’s faithfulness — "he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it" (Philippians 1:6) — and in the example of Paul: "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith" (2 Timothy 4:7).

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