100 Bible Verses About Hope
Bible verses about Hope
Delve into the heart of hope through the timeless wisdom of scripture. These verses offer more than just comforting words; they illuminate a path towards unwavering faith and resilience. Understanding hope as the Bible presents it is crucial, for it's not a fleeting emotion, but a steadfast anchor for the soul. It transcends earthly circumstances, rooting itself in the promises of God and the unwavering character of Christ. Explore these passages, allowing them to reshape your perspective, fortify your spirit, and ignite an unquenchable hope that empowers you to face life's challenges with courage and unwavering trust in His divine plan.
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Isaiah 37:36 (KJV)
Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Bible Verses: Find Hope & Strength in God
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
And the rest of the matters of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Hear, O earth, lo, I am bringing evil on this people, The fruit of their devices, For to My words they gave no attention, And My law--they kick against it.
Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Saying to them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
The king of Shimron–meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
For giving to simple ones--prudence, To a youth--knowledge and discretion.
That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.
The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
as Jehovah hath given commandment unto Moses, so doth Aaron let it rest before the Testimony, for a charge.
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the sea, and Jehovah causeth the sea to go on by a strong east wind all the night, and maketh the sea become dry ground, and the waters are cleaved,
for if by the offence of the one the death did reign through the one, much more those, who the abundance of the grace and of the free gift of the righteousness are receiving, in life shall reign through the one--Jesus Christ.
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
O the happiness of the man Who hath made Jehovah his trust, And hath not turned unto the proud, And those turning aside to lies.
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive [certain] of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh–barnea, and shall go on to Hazar–addar, and pass on to Azmon:
And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt: very grievous [were they]; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them will be such.
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
Sworn hath the Lord Jehovah by His holiness, That lo, days are coming upon you, And he hath taken you away with hooks, And your posterity with fish-hooks.
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the Lord, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment.
And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
and in reference to all the strong hand, and to all the great fear which Moses did before the eyes of all Israel.
He hath wrought iron with an axe, And hath wrought with coals, And with hammers doth form it, And doth work it by his powerful arm, Yea, he is hungry, and there is no power, He doth not drink water, and he is wearied.
For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
And they journey from the mount of Jehovah a journey of three days; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is journeying before them the journey of three days, to spy out for them a resting-place;
the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.
Behold, he drinketh up a river, [and] hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
And the border went up to Beth–hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth–arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
With whom took he counsel, and [who] instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?
With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
For which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day.
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.
Thus said Jehovah, thy redeemer, The Holy One of Israel, I am Jehovah thy God, teaching thee to profit, Causing thee to tread in the way thou goest.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
In essence, the Bible's verses on hope paint a vivid portrait of unwavering trust in God's promises, regardless of present circumstances. From Jeremiah's assurance of a future for those who seek Him to Romans' declaration of hope triumphing over suffering, these passages consistently point towards a confident expectation rooted in divine faithfulness. Reflecting upon these verses invites us to cultivate a resilient spirit, one that anchors itself not in fleeting emotions or worldly gains, but in the steadfast character of God. May these scriptures serve as a constant reminder to embrace hope as an active force in our lives, inspiring perseverance, fostering peace, and ultimately shaping our perspective with an eternal focus. Allow the hope found within these verses to transform your heart and guide your actions as you navigate the journey ahead.