Romans 4:18
Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "So will your seed be."
Genesis 15:5-6
The LORD brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."
Ruth 1:11-13
Naomi said, "Go back, my daughters. Why do you want to go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are completely cut off.'
Mark 5:35-36
While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler's house saying, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?"
Luke 1:18
Zechariah said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."
Acts 27:25
Therefore, sirs, cheer up. For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.
Romans 4:17
As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
Romans 4:19
Without being weakened in faith, he considered his own body as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.
Romans 5:5
and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 8:24
For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?