17 Bible Verses about Hope In Hard Times

Never stop praying.

for you surely know that what is genuine in your faith produces the patient mind that endures;

let us, without ever wavering, keep on holding to the hope that we profess, for He is to be trusted who has made the promise,

who comforts me in every sorrow I have, so that I can comfort people who are in sorrow with the comfort with which I am comforted by God.

Abraham, building on hope in spite of hopeless circumstances, had faith, and so he actually became the father of many nations, just as it had been told him, "So numberless shall your descendants be."

Now you must know that in the last days there are going to be hard times.

In such a hope keep on rejoicing, although for a little while you must be sorrow-stricken with various trials,

But a hope that is seen is not real hope, for who hopes for what he actually sees? But if we hope for something we do not see, we keep on patiently waiting for it.

By the help of the Lord always keep up the glad spirit; yes, I will repeat it, keep up the glad spirit.

From now on you must grow stronger through union with the Lord and through His mighty power.

On every side I am ever hard-pressed, but never hemmed in; always perplexed, but never to the point of despair;

I have told you these things, that you through union with me may have peace. In the world you have trouble, but be courageous! I have conquered the world."

Let the peace that Christ can give keep on acting as umpire in your hearts, for you were called to this state as members of one body. And practice being thankful.

But Jesus looked at them and said, "This is impossible for men, but anything is possible for God."

for there will be greater misery at that time than ever has been since the world began, or ever will be again.

For I consider all that we suffer in this present life is nothing to be compared with the glory which by-and-by is to be uncovered for us.

Yes, I felt within my very self the sentence of death, to keep me from depending on myself instead of God who raises the dead.