33 Bible Verses about expectations

For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

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

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.