'Expectation' in the Bible
For we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope [of remaining].
For the poor will not always be forgotten,Nor the hope of the burdened perish forever.
“And now, Lord, for what do I expectantly wait?My hope [my confident expectation] is in You.
For God alone my soul waits in silence and quietly submits to Him,For my hope is from Him.
The hope of the righteous [those of honorable character and integrity] is joy,But the expectation of the wicked [those who oppose God and ignore His wisdom] comes to nothing.
When the wicked man dies, his expectation will perish;And the hope of [godless] strong men perishes.
The desire of the righteous brings only good,But the expectation of the wicked brings wrath.
Surely there is a future [and a reward],And your hope and expectation will not be cut off.
Know that [skillful and godly] wisdom is [so very good] for your life and soul;If you find wisdom, then there will be a future and a reward,And your hope and expectation will not be cut off.
Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their boast.
So I say, “My strength has perishedAnd so has my hope and expectation from the Lord.”
But this I call to mind,Therefore I have hope.
“Then I will give her her vineyards from there,And make the Valley of Achor a door of hope and expectation [anticipating the time when I will restore My favor on her].And she will sing there and respond as in the days of her youthAs in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.
Ashkelon will see it and fear;Gaza will writhe in pain,And Ekron, for her hope and expectation, has been ruined.The king will perish from Gaza,And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
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- Anticipation (9 instances)
- Calculation (1 instance)
- Expectancy (2 instances)
- Expectation (37 instances)
- Foresight (4 instances)
- Outlook (3 instances)
- Prospect (11 instances)
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