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Bible verses about hope.

76 verses about hope from the King James Version, the most loved first.

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.
Jeremiah 29:11 › · King James Version

The most loved verses about hope.

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 40:31 ›

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

Romans 12:12 ›

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.

Romans 15:13 ›

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given…

Romans 5:3-5 ›

This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 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.

Lamentations 3:21-23 ›

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.

Psalms 42:11 ›

All 76 verses about hope.

  • Jeremiah 29:11For 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.
  • Isaiah 40:31But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they…
  • Romans 12:12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
  • Romans 15:13Now 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.
  • Romans 5:2-5By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in…
  • Lamentations 3:21-23This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new…
  • Psalms 42:11Why 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…
  • 1 Peter 1:13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus…
  • Hebrews 11:1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
  • Proverbs 23:18For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
  • Hebrews 6:18-19That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold…
  • Psalms 71:14But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
  • Psalms 119:81[CAPH.] My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
  • Psalms 130:7Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
  • Psalms 146:5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
  • Proverbs 10:28The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
  • Proverbs 14:32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
  • Isaiah 38:18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
  • Hosea 2:15And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and…
  • Zechariah 9:12Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
  • Acts 23:6But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee…
  • Acts 24:14-15But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written…
  • Romans 8:24-25For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then…
  • Romans 15:4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
  • 1 Corinthians 13:13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
  • 2 Corinthians 3:12Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
  • Galatians 5:5For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
  • Ephesians 4:4There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
  • Colossians 1:5For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
  • Colossians 1:23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to…
  • Colossians 1:27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through…
  • 1 Timothy 1:1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
  • Titus 1:2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
  • Titus 2:13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
  • Titus 3:7That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
  • Hebrews 3:6But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
  • Hebrews 6:11And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
  • 1 Peter 1:3Blessed 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…
  • 1 Peter 1:21Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
  • 1 Peter 3:15But 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…
  • 1 John 3:3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
  • Job 8:13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
  • Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
  • Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
  • Job 31:24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
  • Psalms 9:18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
  • Psalms 16:9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
  • Psalms 31:24Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
  • Psalms 33:18Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
  • Psalms 33:22Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
  • Psalms 38:15For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
  • Psalms 43:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my…
  • Psalms 71:5For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
  • Psalms 78:5-7For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their…
  • Psalms 119:74They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
  • Psalms 119:116Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
  • Psalms 119:166LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
  • Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
  • Proverbs 24:14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
  • Ecclesiastes 9:4For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
  • Isaiah 20:5-6And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day…
  • Jeremiah 17:7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
  • Lamentations 3:24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
  • Lamentations 3:26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
  • Joel 3:16The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of…
  • Zechariah 9:5Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall…
  • Acts 26:7-8Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the…
  • Acts 28:20For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
  • Romans 5:1-2Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace…
  • Ephesians 1:18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his…
  • Ephesians 2:12That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope…
  • Philippians 1:20According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall…
  • Hebrews 7:19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
2 more verses that touch on it
  • Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
  • Ephesians 6:17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Every verse is the King James Version, word for word. They are gathered from two topic books, Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897); the most loved come first, from readers' votes on OpenBible.info and the lists of the big Bible sites.

Questions people ask.

What does the Bible say about hope?

The Bible speaks to hope in verses such as Jeremiah 29:11, “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 Isaiah 40:31, “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength” (King James Version).

Which Bible verses about hope are most loved?

Among the most loved is Jeremiah 29:11, “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.” Others are Isaiah 40:31, Romans 12:12 and Romans 15:13.

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