32 Bible Verses about expectations

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait through patience.

The hope of the righteous [is] gladness, but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

For the eager expectation of the creation is waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God.

When a wicked man dies, [his] expectation shall perish, and the hope of iniquity perishes.

My soul, wait thou in silence for God only, for my expectation is from him.

And as the people were expectant, and all pondering in their hearts about John, if perhaps he was the Christ,

O LORD, in the morning thou shall hear my voice. In the morning I will direct to thee, and will keep watch.

The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

because of the hope being reserved for you in the heavens, which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the good-news

so the knowledge of wisdom [is] to thy soul. If thou have found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off.

For a needy man shall not always be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish forever.

And now, LORD, what do I wait for? My hope is in thee.

fainting of men from fear, and of anticipation of the things coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

And I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from LORD.

but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and of fire, a fervor that is going to devour the opposition.

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who begot us again according to his abundant mercy for a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Now faith is the foundation of hoping, the evidence of events not being seen.

according to my eager expectation and hope that I will be shamed in nothing. But with all boldness, now as always, Christ will also be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing nothing, and your reward will be great. And ye will be sons of the Most High, because he is good toward the ungrateful and bad.

And it was not as we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us through the will of God,

LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

And they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Ethiopia their confidence, and of Egypt their glory.

Having therefore such a hope we use great boldness,

So that, having been made righteous by the grace of that man, we may become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

For although being free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that I might gain the more.

And if ye lend to whom ye hope to receive, what credit is for you? For even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

Awaiting the blessed hope and appearance of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

And when Peter came to himself, he said, Now I know truly, that Lord dispatched his agent and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

For our citizenship exists in the heavens, from which also we await a Savior, Lord Jesus Christ,

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee. And their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.