Bible Verses about Hope
| “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.” | For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. |
| Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God. | Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. |
| But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint. | But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. |
| Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul. Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more. | The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. |
| Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit. | May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. |
| Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. | Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. |
| Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope. | Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. |
| Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. | Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. |
| But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love. | And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. |
| You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word. | You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word. |
| Let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful. | Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. |
| Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh. | Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord. |
| But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. | But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. |
| But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience. | But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. |
| Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life. | Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. |
| “Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.” | I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” |
| Guide me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation. I wait for you all day long. | Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. |
| And hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. | And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. |
| Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you. | May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you. |
| I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. | I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. |
| Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. | Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. |
| The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound. | The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners. |
| But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear. | But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect. |
| To whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. | To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. |
| There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling. | There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called. |
Bible verse of the day
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress.I will not be shaken.