Verse 7

Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain -- early and latter;

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 11:14 : 14 that I have given the rain of your land in its season -- sprinkling and gathered -- and thou hast gathered thy corn, and thy new wine, and thine oil,
  • Jer 5:24 : 24 And they have not said in their heart, `Let us fear, we pray you, Jehovah our God, who is giving rain, The sprinkling and the gathered, in its season, The appointed weeks of harvest He keepeth for us.'
  • Joel 2:23 : 23 And ye sons of Zion, joy and rejoice, In Jehovah your God, For He hath given to you the Teacher for righteousness, And causeth to come down to you a shower, Sprinkling and gathered -- in the beginning.
  • Gal 6:9 : 9 and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap -- not desponding;
  • Col 1:11 : 11 in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.
  • 1 Thess 2:19 : 19 for what `is' our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? are not even ye before our Lord Jesus Christ in his presence?
  • 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 to the establishing your hearts blameless in sanctification before our God and Father, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
  • Heb 6:15 : 15 and so, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise;
  • Heb 12:1-3 : 1 Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us, 2 looking to the author and perfecter of faith -- Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him -- did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down; 3 for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls -- being faint.
  • Jas 5:8-9 : 8 be patient, ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh; 9 murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.
  • 2 Pet 3:4 : 4 and saying, `Where is the promise of his presence? for since the fathers did fall asleep, all things so remain from the beginning of the creation;'
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 And we know -- we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain -- sprinkling earth.'
  • Zech 10:1 : 1 They asked of Jehovah rain in a time of latter rain, Jehovah is making lightnings, And rain `in' showers He doth give to them. To each -- the herb in the field.
  • Matt 24:27 : 27 for as the lightning doth come forth from the east, and doth appear unto the west, so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;
  • Matt 24:44 : 44 because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come.
  • Luke 8:15 : 15 `And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain `it', and bear fruit in continuance.
  • Luke 18:8 : 8 I say to you, that He will execute the justice to them quickly; but the Son of Man having come, shall he find the faith upon the earth?'
  • Luke 21:27 : 27 `And then they shall see the Son of Man, coming in a cloud, with power and much glory;
  • Rom 2:7 : 7 to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility -- life age-during;
  • Rom 8:24-25 : 24 for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what any one doth behold, why also doth he hope for `it'? 25 and if what we do not behold we hope for, through continuance we expect `it'.
  • Rom 15:4 : 4 for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.
  • 1 Cor 1:7 : 7 so that ye are not behind in any gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • 2 Cor 6:4-5 : 4 but in everything recommending ourselves as God's ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses, 5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,
  • Gal 5:5 : 5 for we by the Spirit, by faith, a hope of righteousness do wait for,