Bible Verses About Hope
Biblical hope is not wishful thinking but confident expectation resting on God’s promises. These verses anchor hope in God’s faithfulness, the resurrection of Jesus and the future He has promised.
15 verses about hope (KJV)
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Guided journeys on hope
Go deeper one day at a time: each day is a passage, a reflection, a question and a prayer.
Grief & Hope
7 days of comfort when you are grieving
- Day 1: Jesus wept — John 11:32-36“Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. When Jesus therefore saw…”
- Day 2: Near to the brokenhearted — Psalms 34:15-19“The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the…”
- Day 3: I am the resurrection — John 11:21-27“Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. Jesus…”
- Day 4: Grieving with hope — 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18“But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and…”
- Day 5: The God of all comfort — 2 Corinthians 1:3-5“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to…”
- Day 6: New every morning — Lamentations 3:19-26“Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. This I recall to my mind, therefore have I…”
- Day 7: All things new — Revelation 21:1-5“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming…”
Depression & the Dark Night
7 days on hope in the darkness
- Day 1: Why art thou cast down? — Psalms 42:1-11“As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? My tears…”
- Day 2: Prayer from the pit — Psalms 88:1-9“O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; For my soul is full of troubles: and my life…”
- Day 3: It is enough — 1 Kings 19:1-8“And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do…”
- Day 4: Sorrowful unto death — Matthew 26:36-46“Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. And he took with him Peter and the two sons of…”
- Day 5: How long? — Psalms 13:1-6“How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long…”
- Day 6: New every morning — Lamentations 3:19-26“Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. This I recall to my mind, therefore have I…”
- Day 7: Out of the pit — Psalms 40:1-5“I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and…”
Heaven & the Return of Christ
7 days on resurrection hope and all things made new
- Day 1: A place prepared — John 14:1-6“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place…”
- Day 2: The firstfruits — 1 Corinthians 15:20-26“But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam…”
- Day 3: Grief with hope — 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18“But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and…”
- Day 4: This same Jesus — Acts 1:6-11“When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to…”
- Day 5: The patience of God — 2 Peter 3:8-13“But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise…”
- Day 6: We shall be like him — 1 John 3:1-3“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now…”
- Day 7: All things new — Revelation 21:1-7“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming…”
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Scripture text: King James Version (public domain).