Romans 4:18
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall your descendants be.
Genesis 15:5-6
And he brought him forth outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall your descendants be.
Ruth 1:11-13
And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will you go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick: but when the desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off on our part.
Mark 5:35-36
While he yet spoke, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain who said, Your daughter is dead: why trouble you the Teacher any further?
Luke 1:18
And Zachariah said unto the angel, How shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well advanced in years.
Acts 27:25
Therefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
Romans 4:17
(As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which are not as though they were.
Romans 4:19
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body as now dead, when he was about a hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:
Romans 5:5
And hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given unto us.
Romans 8:24
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for?