Hope

Hope is named alongside faith and love in 1 Corinthians 13:13. This page lists verses on hope in God, hope in the Psalms, waiting on the Lord, and the hope of future glory.

Hope from God

• Romans 15:13
  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.
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• 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.
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• Lamentations 3:21-24
  ²¹This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. ²²It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. ²³They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. ²⁴The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
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Hope in the Psalms

• Psalm 42:11
  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.
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• Psalm 62:5
  My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
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• Psalm 130:5
  I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
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• Psalm 39:7
  And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
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Waiting on the Lord

• Isaiah 40:31
  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.
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• Micah 7:7
  Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
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Hope that does not disappoint

• Romans 5:3-5
  ³And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; ⁴And patience, experience; and experience, hope: ⁵And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
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• Romans 8:24-25
  ²⁴For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? ²⁵But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
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• Hebrews 6:19
  Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
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A living hope

• 1 Peter 1:3
  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,
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• Titus 2:13
  Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
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• 1 Corinthians 13:13
  And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
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See also

• Faith
• Trusting God
• Eternal life

Notes

1. Verses are quoted in the translation chosen in the Translation menu at the top of the page. See Translations for sources and copyright notices.
2. Each reference links to the full chapter so the verse can be read in context.