33 Bible Verses about expectations

for there is surely a future life, and what you hope for will not be cut off.

But if we hope for what we do not yet observe, we eagerly wait for it with patience.

What the righteous hope for brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked dies.

For the creation is eagerly awaiting the revelation of God's children,

When a wicked person dies, his hope vanishes; and what he expected from his scheming comes to nothing.

My soul, be quiet before God, for from him comes my hope.

Now the people were filled with expectation, and all of them were wondering if John was perhaps the Messiah.

LORD, in the morning you will hear my voice; in the morning I will pray to you, and I will watch for your answer.

The desire of the righteous is to seek good, but the hope of the wicked results in wrath.

based on the hope laid up for you in heaven. Some time ago you heard about this hope through the word of truth, the gospel

Keep in mind that wisdom is like that for your soul; if you find it, there will be a future for you, and what you hope for won't be cut short.

For he will not always overlook the plight of the poor, nor will the hope of the afflicted perish forever.

How long, LORD, will I wait expectantly? I have placed my hope in you.

People will faint from fear and apprehension because of the things that are to come on the inhabited world, because the powers of heaven will be shaken.

So I say, "My strength is gone as is my hope in the LORD."

but only a terrifying prospect of judgment and a raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! Because of his great mercy he has granted us a new birth, resulting in an immortal hope through the resurrection of Jesus, the Messiah, from the dead

Now faith is the assurance that what we hope for will come about and the certainty that what we cannot see exists.

I rejoice because I eagerly expect and hope that I will have nothing to be ashamed of, because through my boldness the Messiah will be exalted through me, now as always, whether I live or die.

Rather, love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind even to ungrateful and evil people.

We did not expect that! They gave themselves to the Lord first and then to us, since this was God's will.

The LORD is righteous he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.

Delayed hope makes the heart ill, but fulfilled longing is a tree of life.

Then they will be dismayed and put to shame because of Cush, their hope, and Egypt, their jewel.

Therefore, since we have such a hope, we speak very boldly,

And so, made heirs by his own grace, eternal life we now embrace.

Although I am free from everyone's expectations, I have made myself a servant to all of them to win more people.

If you lend to those from whom you expect to get something back, what thanks do you deserve? Even sinners lend to sinners to get back what they lend.

as we wait for the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior, Jesus the Messiah.

For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, "plans for well-being, and not for calamity, in order to give you a future and a hope.

Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I'm sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting!"

Our citizenship, however, is in heaven, and it is from there that we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus, the Messiah.

But what the wicked look for will fail; their way of escape will be taken away from them; their only hope is to take their final breath."