(1.) Patience under provocation.
Luke XXI, 19. In your patience possess ye your souls.
Psalm XXXVII, 1. Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Psalm XXXVII, 7. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Rom. II, 7. To them who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory, and honor, and immortality, eternal life.
Rom. XII, 12. Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.
Heb. X, 36. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
2 Cor. VI, 4. But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
5. In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings.
Heb. VI, 12. That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.