Bible Verses about Hope
| For I know full well the plans I have for you, plans for your welfare and not for your misfortune, plans that will offer you a future filled with hope. | 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 so disheartened, O my soul? Why do you sigh within me? Place your hope in God; for I will once again praise him, my Savior and my God. | 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. |
| Those who place their hope in the Lord will regain their strength. They will soar as with eagles’ wings, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not become faint. | 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 protect you against all evil; he will watch over your life. The Lord will watch over your coming and your going both now and forevermore. | 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 you may grow rich in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. | 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 you who are weary and overburdened, and I will give you rest. | Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. |
| And not only that, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we realize that suffering develops perseverance, and perseverance produces character, and character produces hope. | Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope. |
| Faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the conviction about things that cannot be seen. | Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. |
| Thus there are three things that endure: faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love. | So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. |
| You are my refuge and my shield; I put my hope in your word. | You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word. |
| Let us remain firm in the confession of our hope without wavering, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy. | Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. |
| Be strong and courageous in your hearts, all you who place your hope in the Lord. | Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord! |
| But if we hope for what we do not yet see, then we wait for it with patience. | But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. |
| But as for me, I will look to the Lord. I place my hope in God my savior; my God will hear me. | But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. |
| Hope deferred sickens the heart, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. | Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. |
| The Lord is my portion, I say to myself; therefore, I will place my hope in him. | “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” |
| Guide me in your truth and instruct me, for you are God, my Savior, and in you I hope all the day long. | Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. |
| Such hope will not be doomed to disappointment, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. | 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. |
| O Lord, let your kindness rest upon us, for we have placed our hope in you. | Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you. |
| I wait for the Lord in anxious expectation; I place my hope in his word. | 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. In his great mercy he has given us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. | 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. He has sent me to announce good news to the oppressed, to strengthen the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom to those held in captivity and release to those who have been imprisoned. | 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. |
| Rather, revere Christ as Lord in your hearts. Always be prepared to offer an explanation to anyone who asks you to justify the hope that is in you. However, do so with gentleness and respect. | 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 these God chose to make known how rich is the priceless glory that this mystery brings to the Gentiles—Christ in you, your hope of glory. | 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, as well as one hope to which you have been called by your vocation. | There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call. |
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