A refusal to wait for people or developments, frequently displaying a lack of faith.

Genesis 16:1-2

Examples of impatience

Genesis 25:30

Abraham and Sarah who did not wait for God to give them the son he had promised

Numbers 20:9-11

Esau's impatience cost him his birthright

Numbers 21:4

Moses

Psalms 106:13

Israel:

Isaiah 59:7
1 Samuel 13:6-12
2 Samuel 13:2

Saul made the offering without waiting for Samuel

2 Samuel 14:29

Amnon with his half-sister, Tamar

2 Samuel 18:14

Absalom with Joab

2 Kings 5:11-12

Joab with Absalom

2 Kings 6:33

Naaman

Job 6:11; 21:4

King Joram

Job 32:16

Job:

Matthew 18:29-30

Elihu

Luke 15:2

the unforgiving debtor

John 21:3

The younger son could not wait for his inheritance

Acts 20:16

Peter

1 Corinthians 11:20-21

Paul

Revelation 6:10-11

the Corinthian Christians at their communal meal

the martyrs waiting for the Lord to avenge their deaths

Psalms 37:7

Warnings against impatience

Proverbs 19:2
Galatians 6:9
James 1:19-20

See also

Proverbs 6:18; 12:16; 14:29; 15:18; 16:32; 20:3
Proverbs 21:5; 28:22
Proverbs 25:8

Haste leads to poverty:

Proverbs 29:20

the need to exercise caution in disputes

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Warnings against hasty speech:

Ecclesiastes 7:9; 8:3
Habakkuk 2:3

See also

1095 God, patience of
2063 Christ, perfection
5419 mourning
5926 rebuke
5977 waiting
8318 patience
8459 perseverance
8613 prayer, persistence
8718 disobedience
8834 unbelief