Romans 4:18
In hope against hope Abraham believed that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken: So your descendants will be.
Genesis 15:5-6
He brought him outside and said: Look toward heaven and count the stars. Are you able to count them? He continued: So shall your descendants be.
Ruth 1:11-13
You must go back, my daughters, Naomi replied. Why do you want to come with me? Do you think I could have sons again for you to marry?
Proverbs 13:12
Expectation deferred makes the heart sick. When the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
Ezekiel 37:11
Jehovah also said: Son of man, all the people of Israel are like these bones. The people say: Our bones are dry, and our hope has vanished. We are completely destroyed.
Mark 5:35-36
While he yet spoke they came from the ruler of the synagogue's house. They said: Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the teacher.
Luke 1:18
Zechariah asked: How might I be certain of this for my wife and I are old?
Acts 27:25
Be of good cheer. I believe God. It will happen just as he spoke to me.
Romans 4:17
It is written: I have made you a father of many nations. [This was] in the presence of God, the one in whom he believed. He gives life to the dead, and calls into being that which does not exist.
Romans 4:19
Not being weak in faith he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.
Romans 5:5
Hope does not disappoint because the love of God has been shed abroad in our hearts. It comes through Holy Spirit, which is God's gift to us.
Romans 8:24
We are saved by this hope. But hope that is seen is not hope. For does a man hope for what he sees?