James 5:8

WEB

⁸You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

KJV

⁸Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

BSB

⁸^[+] You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.

FBV

⁸You need to be patient too. Stay strong for the Lord's return is near.

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Extra References

James 5:9

⁹Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.

Galatians 5:22

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

Psalms 37:7

⁷Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

1 Peter 4:7

⁷But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

Psalms 27:14

¹⁴Wait for the LORD. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the LORD.

Philippians 4:5

⁵Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

¹³to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Revelation 22:20

²⁰He who testifies these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus!

Micah 7:7

⁷But as for me, I will look to the LORD. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

Lamentations 3:25-26

²⁵The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. ²⁶It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.