- For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
- Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God. - But they who wait for the Lord
shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint. - The Lord will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.
The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time forth and forevermore. - May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
- Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
- Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.
- Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
- So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
- You are my hiding place and my shield;
I hope in your word. - Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
- Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
all you who wait for the Lord! - But as for me, I will look to the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation;
my God will hear me. - But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
- Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. - “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in him.” - Lead me in your truth and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation;
for you I wait all the day long. - And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
- Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,
even as we hope in you. - I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope. - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
- The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to those who are bound. - But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.
- To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
- There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call.
Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
if you find it, there will be a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.