5 Bible Verses about Hope, Results Of Its Absence

For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning our tribulation which befell us in Asia; that we were exceedingly weighed down beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

And in those days will men seek death, and shall in no wise find it; and they will desire to die, and death flees from them.

who, past hope, believed against hope, to the end that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "So shall your seed be."

And, when neither sun nor stars appeared to us for many days, and no small tempest was pressing upon us, henceforth all hope that we should be saved was being utterly taken away.

And, throwing the pieces of silver into the temple, he withdrew; and, going away, he hanged himself.