42 Bible Verses about Hope Kjv

For You are my hope;
O Lord God, You are my trust and the source of my confidence from my youth.

But as for me, I will wait and hope continually,
And will praise You yet more and more.

For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

For God alone my soul waits in silence and quietly submits to Him,
For my hope is from Him.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you will abound in hope and overflow with confidence in His promises.

“Then you would trust [with confidence], because there is hope;
You would look around you and rest securely.

Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses].

“And now, Lord, for what do I expectantly wait?
My hope [my confident expectation] is in You.

Since we have such a [glorious] hope and confident expectation, we speak with great courage,

And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His promises], hope [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish love for others growing out of God’s love for me], these three [the choicest graces]; but the greatest of these is love.

“There is [confident] hope for your future,” says the Lord;
“Your children will come back to their own country.

For we [not relying on the Law but] through the [strength and power of the Holy] Spirit, by faith, are waiting [confidently] for the hope of righteousness [the completion of our salvation].

If we who are [abiding] in Christ have hoped only in this life [and this is all there is], then we are of all people most miserable and to be pitied.

Surely there is a future [and a reward],
And your hope and expectation will not be cut off.

But this I call to mind,
Therefore I have hope.

and endurance, proven character (spiritual maturity); and proven character, hope and confident assurance [of eternal salvation].

For in this hope we were saved [by faith]. But hope [the object of] which is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he already sees?

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

I wait [patiently] for the Lord, my soul [expectantly] waits,
And in His word do I hope.

Be strong and let your hearts take courage,
All you who wait for and confidently expect the Lord.

But in your hearts set Christ apart [as holy—acknowledging Him, giving Him first place in your lives] as Lord. Always be ready to give a [logical] defense to anyone who asks you to account for the hope and confident assurance [elicited by faith] that is within you, yet [do it] with gentleness and respect.

For the poor will not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the burdened perish forever.

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.”

constantly rejoicing in hope [because of our confidence in Christ], steadfast and patient in distress, devoted to prayer [continually seeking wisdom, guidance, and strength],

“And in His name the Gentiles (all the nations of the world) will hope [with confidence].”

“Then I will give her her vineyards from there,
And make the Valley of Achor a door of hope and expectation [anticipating the time when I will restore My favor on her].
And she will sing there and respond as in the days of her youth
As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

Let him put his mouth in the dust [in recognition of his unworthiness];
There may yet be hope.

Blessed [gratefully praised and adored] be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant and boundless mercy has caused us to be born again [that is, to be reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose] to an ever-living hope and confident assurance through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon those who fear Him [and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience],
On those who hope [confidently] in His compassion and lovingkindness,

“Even though He kills me;
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless, I will argue my ways to His face.

For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope and overflow with confidence in His promises.

God [in His eternal plan] chose to make known to them how great for the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in and among you, the hope and guarantee of [realizing the] glory.

Discipline and teach your son while there is hope,
And do not [indulge your anger or resentment by imposing inappropriate punishment nor] desire his destruction.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But when desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

for we walk by faith, not by sight [living our lives in a manner consistent with our confident belief in God’s promises]—

Through Him we also have access by faith into this [remarkable state of] grace in which we [firmly and safely and securely] stand. Let us rejoice in our hope and the confident assurance of [experiencing and enjoying] the glory of [our great] God [the manifestation of His excellence and power].

You are my hiding place and my shield;
I wait for Your word.

Do not trust in a neighbor [because of the moral corruption in the land];
Do not have confidence in a friend.
Guard the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your bosom.

We do not go beyond our proper limit, boasting in the work of other men, but we have the hope that as your faith [in Christ and His divine power] continues to grow, our field among you may be greatly expanded [but still within the limits of our commission],

but I hope to see you soon, and we will speak face to face.

Zayin.
Remember [always] the word and promise to Your servant,
In which You have made me hope.

And everyone who has this hope [confidently placed] in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure (holy, undefiled, guiltless).