25 Bible Verses about Hope In Hard Times

God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable],
A very present and well-proved help in trouble.

be unceasing and persistent in prayer;

Be assured that the testing of your faith [through experience] produces endurance [leading to spiritual maturity, and inner peace].

The Lord is good,
A strength and stronghold in the day of trouble;
He knows [He recognizes, cares for, and understands fully] those who take refuge and trust in Him.

Let us seize and hold tightly the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is reliable and trustworthy and faithful [to His word];

who comforts and encourages us in every trouble so that we will be able to comfort and encourage those who are in any kind of trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Return to the stronghold [of security and prosperity], O prisoners who have the hope;
Even today I am declaring that I will restore double [your former prosperity] to you [as firstborn among nations].

Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heart
And do not rely on your own insight or understanding.

In hope against hope Abraham believed that he would become a father of many nations, as he had been promised [by God]: “So [numberless] shall your descendants be.”

Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people;
Pour out your heart before Him.
God is a refuge for us. Selah.

But understand this, that in the last days dangerous times [of great stress and trouble] will come [difficult days that will be hard to bear].

In this you rejoice greatly, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait eagerly for it with patience and composure.

Rejoice in the Lord always [delight, take pleasure in Him]; again I will say, rejoice!

When I am afraid,
I will put my trust and faith in You.

In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [draw your strength from Him and be empowered through your union with Him] and in the power of His [boundless] might.

“Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is there anything too difficult for Me?”

We are pressured in every way [hedged in], but not crushed; perplexed [unsure of finding a way out], but not driven to despair;

I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace. In the world you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but be courageous [be confident, be undaunted, be filled with joy]; I have overcome the world.” [My conquest is accomplished, My victory abiding.]

Let the peace of Christ [the inner calm of one who walks daily with Him] be the controlling factor in your hearts [deciding and settling questions that arise]. To this peace indeed you were called as members in one body [of believers]. And be thankful [to God always].

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With people [as far as it depends on them] it is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

For at that time there will be a great tribulation (pressure, distress, oppression), such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will [again].

For I consider [from the standpoint of faith] that the sufferings of the present life are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us!

Indeed, we felt within ourselves that we had received the sentence of death [and were convinced that we would die, but this happened] so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead.

“Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such bitterness;
But You have loved back my life from the pit of nothingness (destruction),
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.