Bible Verses About Patience When During a Fast
When you're during a fast, the Bible's wisdom about patience becomes deeply personal. These carefully selected KJV scriptures bring together God's timeless truth about patience with the specific comfort and guidance you need when during a fast. Let these verses anchor your heart in faith.
18 Scriptures About Patience for During a Fast
"Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing."
"Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;"
"Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord."
"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."
"And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
"For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise."
"Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit."
"Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;"
"He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly."
"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."
"Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance... But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father."
"Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free."
"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."
"Turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning."
"As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them."
"Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance."
"But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly."
"And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away."
A Prayer for Patience When During a Fast
Lord, in this fast, let my hunger for food be transformed into a deeper hunger for you. Sustain me by your grace, quiet my soul, and reveal your will for me as I seek your face. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the Bible say about patience when during a fast?
The Bible offers many verses about patience that are especially meaningful when during a fast. Key scriptures include James 1:3-4, Romans 12:12, Psalm 27:14, which remind us of God's faithfulness.
What is the best Bible verse about patience for someone during a fast?
James 1:3-4 is a powerful verse: "Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothi…" This verse speaks directly to those seeking patience during this season.