33 Bible Verses about expectations

For the end is not yet come and thy patient abiding shall not be in vain.

But and if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience abide for it.

The patient abiding of the righteous shall be turned to gladness; but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

Also, the fervent desire of the creatures abideth looking when the sons of God shall appear;

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

Nevertheless, my soul abideth only upon God, for he is my God.

As the people were in a doubt, and all men disputed in their hearts of John: Whether he were very Christ;

My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O LORD. Early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

The desire of the righteous is acceptable; but the hope of the ungodly is indignation.

for the hope's sake which is laid up in store for you in heaven, of which hope ye have heard before by the true word of the gospel,

Even so shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul, as soon as thou hast gotten it. And there is good hope; yea, thy hope shall not be in vain.

For the poor shall not always be forgotten; the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish forever.

"And now, LORD, what is my hope? Truly my hope is even in thee.

and men's hearts shall fail them for fear, and for looking after those things which shall come on the earth. For the powers of heaven shall move.

I thought in myself, "I am undone; there is no hope for me in the LORD."

but a fearful looking for judgment, and violent fire, which shall devour the adversaries.

Blessed be God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which through his abundant mercy begat us again unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from death,

Faith is a sure confidence of things which are hoped for, and a certainty of things which are not seen.

as I heartily look for and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed: but that with all confidence, as always in times past, even so now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be through life, or else death.

Wherefore, love ye your enemies, do good, and lend, looking for nothing again: and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the highest: for he is kind unto the unkind, and to the evil.

And this they did, not as we looked for; but gave their own selves first to the Lord, and after unto us by the will of God:

But the righteous LORD hath hewn the snares of the ungodly in pieces.

Hope deferred grieveth the heart; but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

They shall be also at their wits end, and ashamed one of another: the Egyptians of the Ethiopians, and the Ethiopians of the Egyptians, considering what glory they were in afore.

Seeing then that we have such trust, we use great boldness;

that we, once justified by his grace, should be heirs of eternal life, through hope.

For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all men, that I might win the more.

If ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive: what thank shall ye have: for the very sinners, lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

looking for that blessed hope and glorious appearing of the mighty God, and of our saviour Jesus Christ:

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.

And when Peter was come to himself, he said, "Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the waiting for of the people of the Jews."

But our conversation is in heaven, from whence we look for a saviour, even the Lord Jesus Christ,

As for the eyes of the ungodly, they shall be consumed, and not escape: their hope shall be misery and sorrow of mind."