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PATIENCE
, see
Waiting

Examples of

^{Gen 26:17}	^{Isaac moved to Gerar Valley and lived there}
^{Job 1:21}	^{The Lord gave me everything I had,}
^{Psa 40:1}	^{I waited patiently for God to help me;}
^{1 Tim 3:10}	^{You know my love for you, and my patience.}

Commended

^{Psa 37:7}	^{Rest in the Lord; wait patiently f}}
^{Eccl 7:8}	^{Patience is better than pride!}
^{Rom 12:12}	^{Be patient in trouble, and prayerful always.}
^{Heb 12:1}	^{run with patience the particular race God has set}
^{1 Pet 2:20}	^{are patient beneath the blows, God is well pleased.}
^{2 Pet 1:6}	^{so that you will become patient and godly,}

Results of

^{Rom 5:4}	^{patience develops strength of character in us}
^{Rom 15:5}	^{live in complete harmony with each other}
^{Heb 6:12}	^{they receive all that God has promised them}
^{Rev 3:10}	^{I will protect you from the Great Tribulation}

Lack of, condemned

^{Prov 15:18}

^{A quick-tempered man starts fights;}

PEACE

Examples of

^{Gen 13:8}	^{This fighting between our men has got to stop,}
^{Gen 26:29}	^{have sent you away in peace;}
^{Psa 120:7}	^{I am for peace, but they are for war,}

National

^{Lev 26:6}	^{I will give you peace,}
^{Isa 2:4}	^{The Lord will settle international disputes;}
^{Hos 2:18}	^{I will destroy all weapons, and all wars will end.}

Exhortations concerning

^{Psa 34:14}	^{Try to live in peace with everyone;}
^{Prov 16:7}	^{God makes even his worst enemies to be at peace}
^{Zec 8:19}	^{if you love truth and peace!}
^{Matt 5:9}	^{Happy are those who strive for peace}
^{Mark 9:50}	^{Live in peace with each other.}
^{Rom 12:18}	^{Be at peace with everyone,}
^{2 Cor 13:11}	^{Live in harmony and peace.}
^{Eph 4:3}	^{so be at peace with one another.}
^{1 Thes 5:13}	^{remember, no quarreling among yourselves.}
^{1 Pet 3:11}	^{live in peace even if you must run after it}

Spiritual

^{Psa 4:8}	^{I will lie down in peace and sleep,}
^{Psa 29:11}	^{He will bless them with peace.}
^{Psa 119:165}	^{Those who love your laws have great peace}
^{Isa 26:3}	^{He will keep in perfect peace}
^{Isa 48:18}	^{peace flowing like a gentle river,}
^{John 14:27}	^{I am leaving you with a giftpeace of mind}
^{John 16:33}	^{you will have peace of heart and mind.}
^{Rom 8:6}	^{the Holy Spirit leads to life and peace,}
^{Gal 5:22}	^{this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace,}
^{Phil 4:7}	^{If you do this you will experience Gods peace,}
^{Col 3:15}	^{the peace of heart which comes from Christ}

Proclaimed to the Gentiles

^{Zec 9:10}	^{he shall bring peace among the nations.}
^{Eph 2:17}	^{he has brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles}
^{Eph 3:8}	^{joy of telling the Gentiles the Glad News}

On earth

^{Luke 2:14}

^{peace on earth for all those pleasing him.}

Prince of, see
Christ, names of

PERFECTION

Of God

^{Deut 32:4}	^{He is the Rock. His work is perfect.}
^{2 Sam 22:31}	^{As for God, his way is perfect;}
^{Job 36:5}	^{he is perfect in his understanding.}
^{Matt 5:48}	^{even as your Father in heaven is perfect.}

Of Christ

^{Heb 2:10}	^{for his suffering made Jesus a perfect Leader,}
^{Heb 5:9}	^{he had proved himself perfect in this experience}
^{Heb 7:28}	^{God appointed by his oath his Son who is perfect}

Of the law

^{Psa 19:7-8}	^{Gods laws are perfect. They protect us,}
^{Psa 119:96}	^{Nothing is perfect except your words.}

Ascribed to men, examples

^{Gen 6:9-10}	^{He was the only truly righteous man living}
^{Num 23:18-24}	^{He has not seen sin in Jacob.}
^{Job 1:1}	^{a man named Joba good man who feared God}

Exhortations concerning

^{2 Cor 7:1}	^{let us turn away from everything wrong,}
^{Phil 2:15}	^{You are to live clean, innocent lives}
^{Col 1:28}	^{able to present each one to God, perfect}
^{Col 4:12}	^{asking God to make you strong and perfect}

PERSECUTION

Examples of

^{Gen 19:9}	^{they lunged at Lot and began breaking down the door.}
^{1 Kgs 18:3-4}	^{tried to kill all of the Lords prophets,}
^{2 Kgs 1:9}	^{captain with fifty soldiers to arrest him.}
^{Ezra 4:23}	^{they hurried to Jerusalem and forced the Jews to stop}
^{Jer 18:18}	^{the people said, Come, lets get rid of Jeremiah.}
^{Matt 14:3}	^{Herod had arrested John and chained him in prison}
^{John 12:10}	^{the chief priests decided to kill Lazarus too,}
^{Acts 4:3}	^{since it was already evening, jailed them overnight.}
^{Rev 1:9}	^{John, a fellow sufferer for the Lords sake,}

Of Jesus

^{Matt 12:14}	^{the Pharisees called a meeting to plot Jesus arrest}
^{Luke 7:34}	^{you say, What a glutton Jesus is!}
^{Luke 11:53-54}	^{they plied him fiercely with a host of questions,}
^{Luke 13:31}	^{Get out of here if you want to live,}
^{Luke 22:2}	^{leaders were actively plotting Jesus murder,}
^{John 8:37}	^{yet some of you are trying to kill me}
^{John 15:18}	^{it hated me before it hated you.}

Of the righteous

^{Job 2:7}	^{struck Job with a terrible case of boils}
^{Psa 11:2}	^{aimed from ambush at the people of God.}
^{Psa 94:5}	^{See them oppressing your people, O Lord,}
^{Matt 23:34}	^{you will kill some by crucifixion}
^{John 17:14}	^{the world hates them because they dont fit in}
^{Acts 5:26-27}	^{the captain went with his officers and arrested them}
^{Gal 4:29}	^{we who are born of the Holy Spirit are persecuted}
^{Jas 5:6}	^{You have condemned and killed good men}
^{1 Pet 4:12}	^{or surprised when you go through fiery trials}

The coming

^{Matt 13:21}	^{persecution begins because of his beliefs,}
^{Mark 10:30}	^{mothers, children, and landwith persecutions!}
^{John 15:20}	^{they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you.}
^{1 Tim 3:12}	^{those living godly lives will suffer}

Conduct under

^{Acts 5:41}	^{God had counted them worthy to suffer}
^{Rom 12:14}	^{dont curse him; pray that God will bless him.}
^{Phil 1:28}	^{no matter what your enemies may do.}
^{Heb 10:34}	^{thrown into jail, and you were actually joyful}

Results of

^{Matt 5:10}	^{for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.}
^{Luke 6:23}	^{a great reward awaiting you in heaven.}
^{Jas 1:3}	^{the way is rough, your patience has a chance to grow.}
^{1 Pet 4:14}	^{the Spirit of God will come upon you}

Promised

^{Matt 10:18}	^{you must stand trial before governors and kings}
^{Matt 24:9}	^{you will be tortured and killed and hated}
^{Mark 13:9}	^{You will be dragged before the courts}
^{Luke 21:12}	^{there will be a time of special persecution,}
^{1 Pet 4:12}	^{trials ahead, for this is no unusual thing}

PERSEVERANCE

Examples of

^{Gen 32:22-24}	^{a Man wrestled with him until dawn.}
^{Num 14:24}	^{Caleb is a different kind of manhe has obeyed me}
^{Acts 13:42}	^{they asked Paul to return and speak to them again}

Promises concerning

^{Psa 37:28}	^{he will never abandon his people.}
^{Jer 32:40}	^{worship me, and they shall never leave me.}
^{Matt 24:13}	^{But those enduring to the end shall be saved.}
^{Mark 13:13}	^{endure to the end without renouncing me shall be saved.}
^{John 10:28}	^{No one shall snatch them away from me,}
^{Rom 8:39}	^{nothing will ever be able to separate us from the love}

Exhortations concerning

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