Bible verses about hope

God is our hope

1. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

   Romans 15:13

   Paul calls God the God of hope, the one who fills believers with hope by the Holy Ghost.

2. And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

   Psalm 39:7

   After reflecting on how short life is, David concludes that his hope is in God alone.

3. For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.

   Psalm 71:5

   An older believer looks back and says God has been his hope and trust since youth.

4. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

   Jeremiah 17:7

   The blessed man is the one whose hope is the LORD himself, not just something from him.

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

   Psalm 146:5

   Happiness belongs to the one whose help is the God of Jacob and whose hope is in the LORD.

6. The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

   Psalm 147:11

   God takes pleasure in those who hope in his mercy.

7. I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

   Psalm 130:5

   The psalmist's hope is anchored in God's word as he waits.

Hope in hard times

1. This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

   Lamentations 3:21-24

   Written over the ruins of Jerusalem, the writer recalls God's mercies and finds hope again.

2. 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.

   Psalm 42:5

   The psalmist questions his own downcast soul and tells it to hope in God.

3. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 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.

   Romans 5:3-5

   Paul traces a chain from tribulation to patience, experience and finally a hope that does not make ashamed.

4. And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

   Hosea 2:15

   God turns the valley of Achor, a place remembered for trouble, into a door of hope.

5. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

   Jeremiah 29:11

   Sent to exiles in Babylon, it promises God's thoughts of peace and an expected end.

6. For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

   Proverbs 23:18

   For the one who fears the LORD, there is an end, and that expectation will not be cut off.

7. Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

   Romans 12:12

   Rejoicing in hope sits beside patience in tribulation and steady prayer.

8. Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

   Proverbs 13:12

   An honest line about how hard it is when hope is put off, and how sweet when it is fulfilled.

A living hope in Christ

The New Testament roots hope in the resurrection of Jesus.

1. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

   1 Peter 1:3

   Peter calls it a lively hope, born from the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

2. 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:

   Colossians 1:27

   Paul names the mystery revealed to the Gentiles: Christ in you, the hope of glory.

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

   Hebrews 6:19

   Hope is pictured as an anchor of the soul, sure and steadfast.

4. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

   1 Corinthians 15:19-20

   Paul admits hope only for this life would be miserable, then points to Christ risen as the firstfruits.

5. 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.

   1 Thessalonians 4:13

   Believers still grieve, but not like those who have no hope.

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

   Titus 2:13

   The appearing of Jesus Christ is called that blessed hope.

7. In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

   Titus 1:2

   The hope of eternal life rests on a promise from God, who cannot lie.

8. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

   1 John 3:2-3

   The hope of being like Christ when he appears moves believers to purify themselves now.

9. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

   Revelation 21:4-5

   The end of the story: no more tears or death, and God making all things new.

Waiting in hope

1. For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

   Romans 8:24-25

   Hope by definition looks for what is not yet seen, so it waits with patience.

2. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

   Hebrews 11:1

   Faith is described as the substance of things hoped for.

3. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

   Lamentations 3:26

   It is good both to hope and to wait quietly for the LORD's salvation.

4. But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

   Isaiah 40:31

   Waiting on the LORD is not idle: it renews strength.

5. Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

   Micah 7:7

   In a dark time for Israel, the prophet resolves to look to the LORD and wait.

6. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

   Hebrews 10:23

   Hold fast without wavering, because the one who promised is faithful.

7. But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

   1 Peter 3:15

   Believers should be ready to explain the hope in them, with meekness and fear.