Bible verses about hope

“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.”

When his soul is downcast and restless, the psalmist tells himself to hope in God and praise Him again.

“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.”

Written among ruins: God's mercies have not run out, they are new every morning.

“For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.”

There is a future ahead, and your hope will not be cut off.

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

God works all things together for good for those who love Him.

“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.”

God's thoughts toward His people are of peace and not of harm, to give them a future.

“Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.”

Take courage: God strengthens the heart of everyone who hopes in Him.

“I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.”

The psalmist waits for the Lord and puts his hope in God's word.

“And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.”

In the end, the hope worth waiting for is God Himself.

“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.”

Paul prays that the God of hope will fill you with joy and peace until you overflow with hope.

“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.”

This hope does not let us down, because God's love has been poured into our hearts.

“Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;”

Hope is an anchor for the soul, sure and steady.

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

Faith gives substance to what we hope for and assurance of what we cannot see.

“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,”

Through Christ's resurrection, God gives a living hope.

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

Rejoice in hope, be patient in trouble and keep praying.