57 Bible Verses about Hope, In God

O Israel, hope in the Lord
From this time forth and forever.

Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.

Be strong and let your heart take courage,
All you who hope in the Lord.

O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is lovingkindness,
And with Him is abundant redemption.

rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;

May those who fear You see me and be glad,
Because I wait for Your word.

And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
For I wait for Your ordinances.

I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait,
And in His word do I hope.

“He will not be disheartened or crushed
Until He has established justice in the earth;
And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law.”

And now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers;

For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.

who delivered us from so great a peril of death, and will deliver us, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet deliver us,

Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.

“So the helpless has hope,
And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

“Though He slay me,
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.

For the needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.

Look upon my enemies, for they are many,
And they hate me with violent hatred.
Guard my soul and deliver me;
Do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in You.
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,
For I wait for You.

Sustain me according to Your word, that I may live;
And do not let me be ashamed of my hope.

Have You completely rejected Judah?
Or have You loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing?
We waited for peace, but nothing good came;
And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!

Now she who is a widow indeed and who has been left alone, has fixed her hope on God and continues in entreaties and prayers night and day.

How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

“Then you would trust, because there is hope;
And you would look around and rest securely.

Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed;
Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed.

A horse is a false hope for victory;
Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.
Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him,
On those who hope for His lovingkindness,

“And now, Lord, for what do I wait?
My hope is in You.

I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it,
And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.

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

The Lord favors those who fear Him,
Those who wait for His lovingkindness.

Are there any among the idols of the nations who give rain?
Or can the heavens grant showers?
Is it not You, O Lord our God?
Therefore we hope in You,
For You are the one who has done all these things.

This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have hope.
The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease,
For His compassions never fail.

having a hope in God, which these men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

Again Isaiah says,
“There shall come the root of Jesse,
And He who arises to rule over the Gentiles,
In Him shall the Gentiles hope.”

For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers.

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

Yet those who wait for the Lord
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.

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

Let Your lovingkindness, O Lord, be upon us,
According as we have hoped in You.

My soul, wait in silence for God only,
For my hope is from Him.

But as for me, I will hope continually,
And will praise You yet more and more.

Know that wisdom is thus for your soul;
If you find it, then there will be a future,
And your hope will not be cut off.
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
Do not destroy his resting place;
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again,
But the wicked stumble in time of calamity.

“My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth,
And My arms will judge the peoples;
The coastlands will wait for Me,
And for My arm they will wait expectantly.

For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
To the person who seeks Him.

But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me.

Return to the stronghold, O prisoners who have the hope;
This very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you.

In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, “So shall your descendants be.”

through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.

and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.

not boasting beyond our measure, that is, in other men’s labors, but with the hope that as your faith grows, we will be, within our sphere, enlarged even more by you,

constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,

with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,

in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,

For in this way in former times the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, being submissive to their own husbands;

And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.