'Hope' in the Bible

And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.

And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.

And the Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, These are the words of the great king, the king of Assyria: In what are you placing your hope?

See, now, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go through a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

And if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar in Jerusalem?

How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

This is what you are to say to Hezekiah, king of Judah: Let not your God, in whom is your faith, give you a false hope, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.

For we, as all our fathers were, are like men from a strange country before you, who have got a place for a time in the land; our days on the earth are like a shade, and there is no hope of going on.

And Asa made prayer to the Lord his God and said, Lord, you only are able to give help against the strong to him who has no strength; come to our help, O Lord our God, for our hope is in you, and in your name we have come out against this great army. O Lord, you are our God; let not man's power be greater than yours.

Sennacherib, king of Assyria, says, In what are you placing your hope, waiting here in the walled town of Jerusalem?

And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land: but still there is hope for Israel in this question.

Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?

So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.

They were put to shame because of their hope; they came and their hope was gone.

My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.

My days go quicker than the cloth-worker's thread, and come to an end without hope.

So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing:

Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread.

He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing.

And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;

But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.

Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;

For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.

The stones are crushed small by the force of the waters; the dust of the earth is washed away by their overflowing: and so you put an end to the hope of man.

He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;

Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.

Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire?

I am broken down by him on every side, and I am gone; my hope is uprooted like a tree.

But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life.

For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?

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

They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land.

Fears have come on me; my hope is gone like the wind, and my well-being like a cloud.

If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;

Truly, the hope of his attacker is false; he is overcome even on seeing him!

Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.

For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.

I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing of the Lord in the land of the living.

Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.

In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.

I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.

Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.

A horse is a false hope; his great power will not make any man free from danger.

See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;

For in him our hearts have joy; in his holy name is our hope.

And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? my hope is in you.

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.

In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

O my strength, I will put my hope in you; because God is my strong tower.

My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my hope.

The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.

You will give us an answer in righteousness by great acts of power, O God of our salvation; you who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the far-off lands of the sea;

Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame because of me, O Lord God of armies: let not those who are waiting for you be made low because of me, O God of Israel.

In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed.

For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.

So that they might put their hope in God, and not let God's works go out of their minds, but keep his laws;

Because they had no faith in God, and no hope in his salvation.

O Lord of armies, happy is the man whose hope is in you.

Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope.

He will have no fear of evil news; his heart is fixed, for his hope is in the Lord.

It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in man.

It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in rulers.

Take not your true word quite out of my mouth; for I have put my hope in your decisions.

Keep in mind your word to your servant, for on it has my hope been fixed.

Your worshippers will see me and be glad; because my hope has been in your word.

My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word.

You are my secret place and my breastplate against danger; my hope is in your word.

Be my support as you have said, and give me life; let not my hope be turned to shame.

Before the sun is up, my cry for help comes to your ear; my hope is in your words.

Lord, my hope has been in your salvation; and I have kept your teachings.

Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.

Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his hope in them.

Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

The Lord takes pleasure in his worshippers, and in those whose hope is in his mercy.

Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

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

So I came out in the hope of meeting you, looking for you with care, and now I have you.

The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.

Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

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

The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.

For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion.

And they will be full of fear, and will no longer have faith in Ethiopia which was their hope, or in Egypt which was their glory.

And those living by the sea will say in that day, See the fate of our hope to whom we went for help and salvation from the king of Assyria: what hope have we then of salvation?

And in that day it will be said, See, this is our God; we have been waiting for him, and he will be our saviour: this is the Lord in whom is our hope; we will be glad and have delight in his salvation.

The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.

Let your hope be in the Lord for ever: for the Lord Jah is an unchanging Rock.

Who make a move to go down into Egypt, without authority from me; who are looking to the strength of Pharaoh for help, and whose hope is in the shade of Egypt.

And the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and your hope in the shade of Egypt will come to nothing.

For this cause the Holy One of Israel says, Because you will not give ear to this word, and are looking for help in ways of deceit and evil, and are putting your hope in them: