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17 Bible Verses About Resilience, and What Scripture Means by Endurance

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Summary

  • The New Testament word is hupomone, from hypo (under) and meno (remain): remaining under a weight that has not lifted, rather than bouncing back from it.
  • Romans 5:3-4 describes a sequence in which suffering produces perseverance, perseverance character, and character hope.
  • Paul’s “my grace is sufficient” was the answer he received after asking three times for the thorn to be removed.
  • Lamentations 3:22-23, “his compassions never fail. They are new every morning,” was written in mourning for the destroyed city of Jerusalem.
  • In Psalm 42:5 the psalmist speaks to his own soul and tells it to hope in God, and the refrain returns twice more.

The Bible does not use the word resilience, but it has a great deal to say about endurance. The New Testament word is hupomone, from hypo, under, and meno, to remain: to stay under a load that has not yet lifted. English Bibles translate it endurance, perseverance, patience, or steadfastness. The verses below say where that endurance comes from, what supports it while trouble lasts, and what it produces. Where endurance is said to come from James 1:2-4 “Consider it…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Strong’s Greek 5281, ὑπομονή (hupomone), from hypo (“under”) and meno (“remain”): properly, remaining under. biblehub.com/greek/5281

Paul’s three requests concerning the thorn are recorded in 2 Corinthians 12:7-8; the contentment behind Philippians 4:13 is described in Philippians 4:11-12.

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