'Hoping' in the Bible

So go on back, my daughters! Be on your way! I'm too old to remarry. If I were to say that I'm hoping for a husband tonight and then also bore sons this very night,

"Who will grant my wish? I wish God would grant what I'm hoping for:

Now Herod was very glad to see Jesus, because he had been wanting to see him for a long time on account of what he had heard about him. He was also hoping to see some sign done by him.

But we kept hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel. What is more, this is now the third day since these things occurred.

At the same time he was hoping to receive a bribe from Paul, and so he would send for him frequently to talk with him.

Hoping in spite of hopeless circumstances, he believed that he would become "the father of many nations," just as he had been told: "This is how many descendants you will have."

It's not that I have already reached this goal or have already become perfect. But I keep pursuing it, hoping somehow to embrace it just as I have been embraced by the Messiah Jesus.

22Meanwhile, prepare a guest room for me, too, for I am hoping through your prayers to be returned to you.