Encouraging Bible Verses About Hope

Hope is a powerful force that can uplift our spirits and guide us through life’s challenges. In times of uncertainty or difficulty, turning to Scripture can remind us of the promises God has for us and the future He has in store. In this blog post, we will explore encouraging Bible verses about hope that inspire faith and resilience. Whether you’re facing personal struggles or simply seeking a boost of encouragement, these verses will illuminate the path ahead and remind you that with God, there is always hope.

Encouraging Bible Verses About Hope

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.

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.

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.

Lamentations 3:22-23 – 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.

Hebrews 11:1 – Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

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.

Psalm 31:24 – Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.

Romans 5:5 – 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.

Proverbs 13:12 – Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

Psalm 39:7 – And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

Isaiah 41:10 – Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 – For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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.

Psalm 130:5 – I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

Romans 8:24-25 – For 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 do we with patience wait for it.

Philippians 1:6 – Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 2:12-13 – That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

Psalm 16:9 – Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

Hebrews 6:19 – Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil.

Isaiah 43:2 – When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Micah 7:7 – Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

Psalm 112:7 – He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.

Colossians 1:27 – To 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.

James 1:12 – Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

1 Thessalonians 5:8 – But 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.

Job 11:18 – And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

Psalm 119:81 – My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

1 Peter 3:15 – 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.

Psalm 62:5 – My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

Titus 1:2 – In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.

Isaiah 26:3 – Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

Psalm 119:114 – Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

Psalm 91:2 – I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Romans 12:12 – Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.

1 Corinthians 13:13 – And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Psalm 146:5 – Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God.

Isaiah 40:29 – He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

1 John 5:14 – And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us.

Hebrews 10:23 – Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

Psalm 9:18 – For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

Isaiah 51:5 – My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

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