Bible verses about hope

The verses

1. Romans 15:13

   Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

   Romans 15:13

   Paul’s blessing: hope that overflows by the Holy Spirit.

2. Jeremiah 29:11

   For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

   Jeremiah 29:11

   Spoken to exiles who would wait seventy years. God’s plans are long and good.

3. Lamentations 3:22–24

   Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”

   Lamentations 3:22–24

   Jeremiah wrote this among the ruins of Jerusalem: hope as a choice to remember God’s faithfulness each morning.

4. Hebrews 6:19

   We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

   Hebrews 6:19

   An anchor holds when the storm doesn’t stop.

5. Psalm 42:11

   Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

   Psalm 42:11

   The psalmist talks to his own downcast soul: hope in God.

6. Romans 8:24–25

   For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see? But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.

   Romans 8:24–25

   We hope for what we can’t yet see, and wait with patience.

7. 1 Peter 1:3

   Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

   1 Peter 1:3

   A living hope, because Jesus is alive.

8. Isaiah 40:31

   But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

   Isaiah 40:31

   Those who wait on the LORD renew their strength.

Pray with these verses

God of hope, fill me with joy and peace as I trust you today. Where I feel hopeless, be my anchor. Amen.