Bible Verses AboutHope
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.
Most Helpful Verses
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She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.
And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
Scripture Passages
Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.
She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.
And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.
Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.
All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.
Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.
If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:
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 we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
And a third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the Lord.
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.
Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
And the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath promised unto you.
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets, saying,
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
So the people rested on the seventh day.
And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the Lord.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the Lord, (save us not this day,)
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
And Moses did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he.
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
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:
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
And the Lord said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth–lehem, which is by the gate!
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;
One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the Lord.
And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever.
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,
And they removed from Ezion–gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord.
The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.
What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
Reflection
Contemplating 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.
May these verses about hope bring wisdom and guidance to your spiritual journey
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