5 Bible Verses about Hope, Results Of Its Absence

For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befel us in Asia, that we were exceedingly pressed above our strength, so that we despaired even of life:

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it: and they shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

who against hope believed, with hope, that he should be the father of many nations, according to that which was said unto him, "So shall thy seed be."

And as neither sun nor stars appeared for several days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was now taken away.

And he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.