And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

and all the firstborn in the land [the pride, hope, and joy] of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the hand-mill, and all the firstborn of cattle as well.

By the blast of your nostrils the waters were piled up, the flowing water stood upright like a heap, and the deep waters were solidified in the heart of the sea.

all the rest of the bull—he must bring to a ceremonially clean place outside the camp to the ash heap, and must burn it on a wood fire. It is to be burned at the ash heap.

And the stork, the parrot according to its kind, and the hoopo and the bat

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

And Boaz eateth and drinketh, and his heart is glad; and he goeth in to lie down at the end of the heap; and she cometh in gently, and uncovereth his feet, and lieth down.

And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel, their axletrees, and their rims, and their hub, and their spokes, were all cast.

And the sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, and Hubbah, and Aram.

And Hanun took David's servants, and had them shaved, and their raiment cut off in the midst, as far as the hip, and sent them away.

For [at this time] the Jews had light [a dawn of new hope] and gladness and joy and honor.

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

“His [godless] roots are wrapped around a pile of rocks,
And he gazes at a house of stones.

And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about thee, thou shalt take rest in safety.

Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear.

If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

Yet You are He who pulled me out of the womb;
You made me trust when on my mother’s breasts.

He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it were upon a heap, and layeth up the deep, as in a treasure-house.

For those who do evil will be cut off,
But those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land.

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

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

Do not let those who wait [confidently] for You be ashamed through me, O Lord God of hosts;
Do not let those who seek You [as necessary for life itself] be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,

And I continually do wait with hope, And have added unto all Thy praise.

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

He raises the poor out of the dust
And lifts the needy from the ash heap,

Therefore do I cry unto thee, O LORD, and say, "Thou art my hope and my portion in the land of the living!"

My hope and my castle, my defense and my deliverer, my shield in whom I trust, which subdueth the people that is under me.

For the Lord will be your hope, and will keep your foot from being taken in the net.

For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.

The wicked is overthrown through his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has hope and confidence and a refuge [with God] even in death.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

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

Know that [skillful and godly] wisdom is [so very good] for your life and soul;
If you find wisdom, then there will be a future and a reward,
And your hope and expectation will not be cut off.

Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their boast.

For the Lord says this, “Behold, I extend peace to her (Jerusalem) like a river,
And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
And you will be nursed, you will be carried on her hip and [playfully] rocked on her knees.

Why is my pain unending and my wound without hope of being made well? Sorrow is mine, for you are to me as a stream offering false hope and as waters which are not certain.

“Blessed [with spiritual security] is the man who believes and trusts in and relies on the Lord
And whose hope and confident expectation is the Lord.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.

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

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

And she seeth, that stayed -- perished hath her hope, And she taketh one of her whelps, A young lion she hath made it.

Thou with all thine heap, and all the people that is with thee, must fall upon the mountains of Israel. Then will I give thee unto the fouls and wild beasts of the field, to be devoured.

And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

But as for me, I will look expectantly for the Lord and with confidence in Him I will keep watch;
I will wait [with confident expectation] for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me.

Ashkelon shall see and fear; Gaza also shall writhe in great pain; and Ekron shall be ashamed for her hope. And the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

"Therefore, do not be asking what you are to eat nor what you are to drink; and do not waver between hope and fear.

Your father Abraham [greatly] rejoiced to see My day (My incarnation). He saw it and was delighted.”

In everything I showed you [by example] that by working hard in this way you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed [and brings greater joy] to give than to receive.’”

But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

and experience hope, and this hope maketh us not ashamed; because the love of God is diffused in our hearts by the holy Spirit that is given to us.

Now if the first-fruits be holy, so is the whole heap: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

She bears up under everything; believes the best in all; there is no limit to her hope, and never will she fall.

And now these three [things] remain: faith, hope, [and] love. But the greatest of these [is] love.

He has rescued us from a terrible death, and he will continue to rescue us. Yes, he is the one on whom we have set our hope, and he will rescue us again,

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],

Remember, then, that once upon a time you Gentiles in the flesh, who are called 'the Uncircumcision' by that so-called 'Circumcision' which is itself the product of human hands in the flesh ??12 remember you were in those days outside Christ, aliens to the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the Promise, devoid of hope and God within the world.

That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.

But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I may also be encouraged by learning news about you.

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Now faith is a well-grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see.