70 Bible Verses about Optimism

As for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God, my trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever.

{A song of the stairs} They that put their trust in the LORD are even as the mount Zion, which may not be removed, but standeth fast forever.

Show me thy ways, O LORD, and teach me thy paths. Lead me forth in thy truth, and learn me. For thou art the God of my salvation; in thee hath been my hope all the day long.

I will comfort myself in God's word; yea, I will hope in God, and not fear. What can flesh then do unto me?

For thou, O LORD God, art the thing that I long for; thou art my hope even from my youth.

I will say unto the LORD, "O my hope, and my stronghold; my God, in whom I will trust."

Full gracious is the LORD, and a stronghold in time of trouble. He knoweth them that put their trust in him:

and which delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver - on whom we trust, that yet hereafter he will deliver us, by the help of your prayer for us: That by the means of many occasions, thanks may be given of many on our behalf, for the grace given unto us.

{A Psalm of David} The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom then should I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though a host of men were laid against me, yet shall not my heart be afraid; and though there rose up war against me, yet will I put my trust in him.

O Blessed is the man that putteth his trust in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is himself.

Nevertheless, I will look up unto the LORD; I will patiently abide God my saviour: my God shall hear me.

That we may boldly say, "The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man doeth unto me."

And this is the confidence that we have in him: that if we ask ought, according to his will, he heareth us.

He that hath ordained us for this thing, is God: which very same hath given unto us the earnest of the spirit. Therefore, we are always of good cheer, and know well that as long as we are at home in the body we are absent from God. For we walk in faith and see not.read more.
Nevertheless we are of good comfort, and had rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

But this I confess unto thee, that after that way, which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and the prophets, and have hope towards God, that the same resurrection from death, which they themselves look for also, shall be both of just and unjust.

We look for, and hope in the spirit, to be justified through faith.

I thank my God with all remembrance of you, always in all my prayers for you all, and pray with gladness, because of the fellowship which ye have in the gospel, from the first day unto now;read more.
and am surely certified of this, that he which began a good work in you shall go forth with it until the day of Jesus Christ,

So that then thou shalt say, "I will praise thee O LORD, that though thou were angry with me, yet thine anger is turned, and thou hast comforted me. Behold, God is my salvation: I will be bold therefore and not fear. For the LORD God is my strength and my praise whereof I sing: and is become my saviour.

And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the children of Elam, answered, and said unto Ezra, "We have trespassed against the LORD our God, in that we have taken strange wives of the people of the land. Now there is hope yet in Israel concerning this:

Such trust have we through Christ to Godward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as it were of ourselves; but our ableness cometh of God;

by whom we are bold to draw nigh in that trust, which we have by faith on him.

Our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, and establish you in all doctrine and good doing.

Dearly beloved, if our hearts condemn us not, then have we trust to God ward; and whatsoever we ask, that we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments, and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.

And he said unto his disciples, "Let not your hearts be troubled: believe in God, and believe in me.

The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may be rich in hope through the power of the holy ghost.

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou, LORD, hast never failed them that seek thee.

Put thou thy trust in the LORD, and be doing good; dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thou in the LORD, and he shall give thee thy heart's desire. Commit thy way unto the LORD, set thy hope in him, and he shall bring it to pass.

Why art thou so full of heaviness, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? Put thy trust in God; for I will give him thanks for the help of his countenance.

But let Israel trust in the LORD, for he is their succor and defense. Let the house of Aaron put their trust in the LORD, for he is their helper and defender. They that fear the LORD, let them put their trust in the LORD, for he is their aid and their shield.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. Not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your hearts be grieved, neither fear ye.

These words have I spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace. For in the world shall ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

Rejoice in hope. Be patient in tribulation, continue in prayer.

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not exceeding wise, and that they trust not in the uncertain riches, but in the living God, which giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy them,

For we have not a high priest, which cannot have compassion on our infirmities: but was in all points tempted, as we are: but yet without sin.

Seeing, brethren, that by the means of the blood of Jesus, we may be bold to enter into that holy place, by the new and living way, which he hath prepared for us, through the veil, that is to say by his flesh. And seeing also that we have a high priest which is ruler over the house of God,read more.
let us draw nigh with a true heart in a full faith sprinkled in our hearts, from an evil conscience, and washed in our bodies with pure water, and let us keep the profession of our hope, without wavering - for he is faithful that promised -

Wherefore, gird up the loins of your minds, be sober, and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought unto you by the declaring of Jesus Christ;

And now babes, abide in him, that when he shall appear, we may have confidence and not be made ashamed of him at his coming.

With him is an arm of flesh: But with us is the LORD our God for to help us and to fight our battles!" And the people were well couraged with the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

Heaviness discourageth the heart of man, but a good word maketh it glad again.

The heart of her husband may safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoils.

The God of all grace - which called you unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus - shall his own self, after ye have suffered a little affliction, make you perfect: shall settle, strengthen, and establish you.

I am very bold over you, and rejoice greatly in you. I am filled with comfort and am joyous in all our tribulations.

which shall strengthen you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. For God is faithful, by whom ye are called unto the fellowship of his son Jesus Christ our Lord.

For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, which is my dear son, and faithful in the Lord, which shall put you in remembrance of my ways which I have in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in all congregations.

yet our hope is steadfast for you inasmuch as we know how, that as ye have your part in afflictions, so shall ye be partakers of consolation.

And I wrote this same epistle unto you, lest if I came, I should take heaviness of them, of whom I ought to rejoice. Certainly this confidence have I in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

We have sent with them a brother of ours, whom we have oft times proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent. The great confidence which I have in you

Ye know the proof of him, how that as a son with the father, so with me bestowed he his labour upon the gospel.

with one Onesimus a faithful, and a beloved brother, which is one of you. They shall show you of all things which are a doing here.

for the which cause I also suffer these things. Nevertheless, I am not ashamed. For I know whom I have believed, and am sure that he is able keep that which I have committed to his keeping against that day.

O put not your trust in princes, nor in any child of man, for there is no help in them.

And Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren went and gat them to Shechem. And the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.

Then said Samuel, "Bring ye hither to me, Agag the king of the Amalekites." And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, "Truly the bitterness of death cometh on."

Confounded are they that put any confidence in them: For when they came to obtain the things that they looked for, they were brought to confusion.

No: but before it be shot forth, and before it be gathered, it withereth; before any other herb. Even so goeth it with all them that forget God: and even thus also shall the hypocrite's hope come to naught.

When an ungodly man dieth, his hope is gone; the confidence of riches shall perish.

Trust not in false lying words, saying, 'Here is the temple of the LORD, here is the temple of the LORD, here is the temple of the LORD.'

Yea, one must keep himself from another; no man may safely trust his own brother. For one brother undermineth another, and one neighbour begileth another.

For thy brethren and thy kindred have altogether despised thee, and cried out upon thee in thine absence. Believe them not, though they speak fair words to thee.

Wherefore trustest thou in the water streams, that flow to and fro, O thou fierce daughter? And thinkest thou art so safe, by reason of thy treasure, that no man shall come to thee?

that they shall no more rule the Heathen. They shall no more be a hope unto the house of Israel, neither provoke them any more to wickedness, to cause them turn back, and follow them: and they shall know, that I am the LORD God.'"

Therefore, we are always of good cheer, and know well that as long as we are at home in the body we are absent from God.

Rejoice ever.

Be strong, and he shall establish your heart, all ye that put your trust in the LORD.

A merry heart maketh a lusty age; but a sorrowful mind drieth up the bones.

But thus sayeth the LORD: When ye have fulfilled seventy years at Babylon, I will bring you home, and of mine own goodness I will carry you hither again to this place. For I know what I have devised for you sayeth the LORD. My thoughts are to give you peace, and not trouble, which I give you already; and that ye might have hope again.

This is the day which the LORD hath made! Let us rejoice and be glad in it!

{A song of the stairs} I lift up mine eyes unto the hills; from whence cometh my help?

He will not be afraid of any evil tidings, for his heart standeth fast, and believeth in the LORD. His heart is stablished, and will not shrink, until he sees his desire upon his enemies.

Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right; for that shall bring a man peace at the last.