'Hope' in the Bible

Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,

Now the men were looking for a sign of hope, so they quickly picked up on this and responded, “Yes, it is your brother Ben-hadad.”Then he said, “Go and bring him.”So Ben-hadad came out to him, and Ahab had him come up into the chariot.

For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, responded to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the surrounding peoples, but there is still hope for Israel in spite of this.

Isn’t your piety your confidence,and the integrity of your life your hope?

So the poor have hope,and injustice shuts its mouth.

If only my request would be grantedand God would provide what I hope for:

What strength do I have that I should continue to hope?What is my future, that I should be patient?

Since I cannot help myself,the hope for success has been banished from me.

The caravans of Tema look for these streams.The traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them.

My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle;they come to an end without hope.

Such is the destiny of all who forget God;the hope of the godless will perish.

You will be confident, because there is hope.You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.

But the sight of the wicked will fail.Their way of escape will be cut off,and their only hope is their last breath.

Even if He kills me, I will hope in Him.I will still defend my ways before Him.

There is hope for a tree:If it is cut down, it will sprout again,and its shoots will not die.

as water wears away stonesand torrents wash away the soil from the land,so You destroy a man’s hope.

where then is my hope?Who can see any hope for me?

He tears me down on every side so that I am ruined.He uproots my hope like a tree.

For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,when God takes away his life?

Any hope of capturing him proves false.Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him?

For the oppressed will not always be forgotten;the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever.

Davidic.Lord, I turn to You.

Be strong and courageous,all you who put your hope in the Lord.

The horse is a false hope for safety;it provides no escape by its great power.

May Your faithful love rest on us, Yahweh,for we put our hope in You.

For evildoers will be destroyed,but those who put their hope in the Lordwill inherit the land.

I put my hope in You, Lord;You will answer, Lord my God.

Now, Lord, what do I wait for?My hope is in You.

Why am I so depressed?Why this turmoil within me?Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,my Savior and my God.

Why am I so depressed?Why this turmoil within me?Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,my Savior and my God.

Why am I so depressed?Why this turmoil within me?Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,my Savior and my God.

I will praise You forever for what You have done.In the presence of Your faithful people,I will put my hope in Your name, for it is good.

Rest in God alone, my soul,for my hope comes from Him.

Place no trust in oppression,or false hope in robbery.If wealth increases,pay no attention to it.

You answer us in righteousness,with awe-inspiring works,God of our salvation,the hope of all the ends of the earthand of the distant seas.

Do not let those who put their hope in Yoube disgraced because of me,Lord God of Hosts;do not let those who seek Yoube humiliated because of me,God of Israel.

For You are my hope, Lord God,my confidence from my youth.

But I will hope continuallyand will praise You more and more.

Bring joy to Your servant’s life,because I turn to You, Lord.

Never take the word of truth from my mouth,for I hope in Your judgments.

ז ZayinRemember Your word to Your servant;You have given me hope through it.

Those who fear You will see me and rejoice,for I put my hope in Your word.

כ KafI long for Your salvation;I put my hope in Your word.

The wicked hope to destroy me,but I contemplate Your decrees.

You are my shelter and my shield;I put my hope in Your word.

Sustain me as You promised, and I will live;do not let me be ashamed of my hope.

I rise before dawn and cry out for help;I put my hope in Your word.

Lord, I hope for Your salvationand carry out Your commands.

I wait for Yahweh; I waitand put my hope in His word.

Israel, put your hope in the Lord.For there is faithful love with the Lord,and with Him is redemption in abundance.

Israel, put your hope in the Lord,both now and forever.

Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob,whose hope is in the Lord his God,

The Lord values those who fear Him,those who put their hope in His faithful love.

The hope of the righteous is joy,but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

When the wicked man dies,his expectation comes to nothing,and hope placed in wealth vanishes.

The desire of the righteous turns out well,but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.

Delayed hope makes the heart sick,but fulfilled desire is a tree of life.

Discipline your son while there is hope;don’t be intent on killing him.

For then you will have a future,and your hope will never fade.

realize that wisdom is the same for you.If you find it, you will have a future,and your hope will never fade.

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Do you see a man who speaks too soon?There is more hope for a fool than for him.

But there is hope for whoever is joined with all the living, since a live dog is better than a dead lion.

Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

My heart staggers;horror terrifies me.He has turned my last glimmer of hopeinto sheer terror.

For Sheol cannot thank You;Death cannot praise You.Those who go down to the Pitcannot hope for Your faithfulness.

Kings will be your foster fathers,and their queens your nursing mothers.They will bow down to youwith their faces to the ground,and lick the dust at your feet.Then you will know that I am Yahweh;those who put their hope in Mewill not be put to shame.

My righteousness is near,My salvation appears,and My arms will bring justice to the nations.The coastlands will put their hope in Me,and they will look to My strength.

Therefore justice is far from us,and righteousness does not reach us.We hope for light, but there is darkness;for brightness, but we live in the night.

We all growl like bearsand moan like doves.We hope for justice, but there is none;for salvation, but it is far from us.

Hope of Israel,its Savior in time of distress,why are You like a foreigner in the land,like a traveler stopping only for the night?

Have You completely rejected Judah?Do You detest Zion?Why do You strike uswith no hope of healing for us?We hoped for peace,but there was nothing good;for a time of healing,but there was only terror.

Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain?Or can the skies alone give showers?Are You not the Lord our God?We therefore put our hope in You,for You have done all these things.

Lord, the hope of Israel,all who abandon Youwill be put to shame.All who turn away from Mewill be written in the dirt,for they have abandonedthe Lord, the fountain of living water.

For I know the plans I have for you”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

All who found them devoured them.Their adversaries said, “We’re not guilty;instead, they have sinned against the Lord,their righteous grazing land,the hope of their ancestors, the Lord.”

Then I thought: My future is lost,as well as my hope from the Lord.

Yet I call this to mind,and therefore I have hope:

I say: The Lord is my portion,therefore I will put my hope in Him.

Let him put his mouth in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.

When she saw that she waited in vain,that her hope was lost,she took another of her cubsand made him a young lion.

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look how they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

There I will give her vineyards back to herand make the Valley of Achorinto a gateway of hope.There she will respond as she didin the days of her youth,as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt.

But you must return to your God.Maintain love and justice,and always put your hope in God.

Ashkelon will see it and be afraid;Gaza too, and will writhe in great pain,as will Ekron, for her hope will fail.There will cease to be a king in Gaza,and Ashkelon will become uninhabited.

Return to a stronghold,you prisoners who have hope;today I declare that I will restore double to you.