'Hope' in the Bible

Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband to-night, and should also bear sons;

And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, And the integrity of thy ways thy hope?

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

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope.

So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search about thee , and shalt take thy rest in safety.

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.

Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.

For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.

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

He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.

For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?

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

Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, All ye that hope in Jehovah.

Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his lovingkindness;

For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him For the help of his countenance.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, Who is the help of my countenance, and my God.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, Who is the help of my countenance, and my God.

I will give thee thanks for ever, because thou hast done it; And I will hope in thy name, for it is good, in the presence of thy saints.

For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah: Thou art my trust from my youth.

But I will hope continually, And will praise thee yet more and more.

That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,

ZAYIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, Because thou hast made me to hope.

KAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; But I hope in thy word.

Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope.

I wait for Jehovah, my soul doth wait, And in his word do I hope.

O Israel, hope in Jehovah; For with Jehovah there is lovingkindness, And with him is plenteous redemption.

O Israel, hope in Jehovah From this time forth and for evermore.

Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:

Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his lovingkindness.

The hope of the righteous'shall be gladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; And the hope of iniquity perisheth.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; nd set not thy heart on his destruction.

For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.

So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, And thy hope shall not be cut off.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

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

For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

O thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be put to shame. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

And there is hope for thy latter end, saith Jehovah; and thy children shall come again to their own border.

All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.

This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.

Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

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

Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

They have seen falsehood and lying divination, that say, Jehovah saith; but Jehovah hath not sent them: and they have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed.

Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.

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

Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will render double unto thee.

And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.

And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? even sinners lend to sinners, to receive again as much.

Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, on whom ye have set your hope.

Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; Moreover my flesh also shall dwell in hope:

But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,

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

having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there shall be a resurrection both of the just and unjust.

And now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;

unto which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!

And when neither sun nor stars shone upon us for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.

For this cause therefore did I entreat you to see and to speak with me : for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be.

through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

and stedfastness, approvedness; and approvedness, hope:

and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.

For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope

For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?

But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.

And again, Isaiah saith, There shall be the root of Jesse, And he that ariseth to rule over the Gentiles; On him shall the Gentiles hope.

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

whensoever I go unto Spain (for I hope to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first in some measure I shall have been satisfied with your company)--

or saith he it assuredly for our sake? Yea, for our sake it was written: because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he that thresheth, to thresh in hope of partaking.

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

For I do not wish to see you now by the way; for I hope to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.

and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort.

who delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver: on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;

For we write no other things unto you, than what ye read or even acknowledge, and I hope ye will acknowledge unto the end:

Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.

not glorying beyond our measure, that is, in other men's labors; but having hope that, as your faith groweth, we shall be magnified in you according to our province unto further abundance,

But I hope that ye shall know that we are not reprobate.

For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always,'so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.

Him therefore I hope to send forthwith, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me: