'Forbearance' in the Bible
By forbearance a ruler may be persuaded,And a soft tongue breaks the bone.
You who know, Yahweh, remember me, and attend to me, and take revenge for me against my persecutors {in your forbearance}. You must take me away. Know [that] I [am] carrying disgrace because of you.
But--not to detain you too long--I beg you in your forbearance to listen to a brief statement from us.
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
in the forbearance of God, for the demonstration of his righteousness in the present time, so that he should be just and the one who justifies the [person] by faith in Jesus.
But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,
let your forbearance be known to all men; the Lord is near;
[we pray that you may be] strengthened and invigorated with all power, according to His glorious might, to attain every kind of endurance and patience with joy;
Where your fathers tried Me by testing [My forbearance and tolerance],And saw My works for forty years[And found I stood their test].
being able to exercise forbearance towards the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is clothed with infirmity;
And always regard the patient forbearance of our Lord as salvation, as our dear brother Paul also has written to you in virtue of the wisdom granted to him.