Bible on Hope

Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.

Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God, unto our fathers:

Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,

Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.

Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.