Romans 5:4
And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope:
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Romans 5:3
And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;
Hebrews 12:11
At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.
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James 1:2
Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;
James 1:3
Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;
James 1:4
But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.
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Romans 8:24
For our salvation is by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for who is hoping for what he sees?
Romans 8:25
But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.
Romans 15:4
Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
Romans 12:12
Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,
1 Corinthians 13:13
But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Colossians 1:5
Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,
1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.
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