11 Bible Verses about Hopelessness

But the sight of the wicked will fail.
Their way of escape will be cut off,
and their only hope is their last breath.

He wanders about for food, saying, “Where is it?”
He knows the day of darkness is at hand.

We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?

where then is my hope?
Who can see any hope for me?

Zion says, “The Lord has abandoned me;
The Lord has forgotten me!”

Keep your feet from going bare
and your throat from thirst.
But you say, “It’s hopeless;
I love strangers,
and I will continue to follow them.”

As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind. The sun beat down so much on Jonah’s head that he almost fainted, and he wanted to die. He said, “It’s better for me to die than to live.”

wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever!

When the foundations are destroyed,
what can the righteous do?”