Bible Verses About Hope: Scripture on God's Promises
The confident expectation of God's promises
Hope in the Bible is not the same as wishful thinking. The Greek word elpis used in the New Testament describes a confident expectation based on the character and promises of God — not an uncertain wish. Romans 5:5 says "hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts." This is the foundation of biblical hope: it is rooted in who God is and what He has promised, making it a reliable anchor even when circumstances are bleak.
Genesis 8:12
He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she did not return to him any more.
Read commentary →Exodus 1:12
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel.
Read commentary →Joshua 2:18
Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by. You shall gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father's household.
Read commentary →Joshua 2:21
She said, "According to your words, so be it." She sent them away, and they departed. She tied the scarlet line in the window.
Read commentary →Job 4:6
Isn't your piety your confidence? Isn't the integrity of your ways your hope?
Read commentary →Job 6:8
"Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
Read commentary →Job 6:11
What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
Read commentary →Job 6:20
They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
Read commentary →Job 8:13
So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish,
Read commentary →Psalms 9:18
For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
Read commentary →Psalms 9:19
Arise, Lord! Do not let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 9:4
For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 3:23
Truly in vain is help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains. Truly the salvation of Israel is in the Lord our God.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 4:19
My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace; because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Read commentary →Lamentations 3:18
And I said, "My strength and my hope has perished from the Lord."
Read commentary →Lamentations 3:24
"The Lord is my portion," says my soul, "therefore will I hope in him."
Read commentary →Lamentations 3:26
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
Read commentary →Hosea 2:17
For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they will no longer be mentioned by name.
Read commentary →Micah 5:6
They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in its gates. He will deliver us from the Assyrian, when he invades our land, and when he marches within our border.
Read commentary →Micah 7:7
But as for me, I will look to the Lord. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Read commentary →Zechariah 9:12
Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.
Read commentary →Luke 3:15
As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Messiah,
Read commentary →Luke 6:34
If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.
Read commentary →Romans 4:18
Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "So will your seed be."
Read commentary →Romans 8:19
For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
Read commentary →Romans 8:24
For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?
Read commentary →Romans 8:28
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
Read commentary →2 Corinthians 1:7
Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so also are you of the comfort.
Read commentary →2 Corinthians 8:5
This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.
Read commentary →Galatians 5:5
For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
Read commentary →Philippians 2:23
Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.
Read commentary →Colossians 1:5
because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News,
Read commentary →1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is not it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
Read commentary →Titus 2:13
looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;
Read commentary →1 Peter 1:13
Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ-
Read commentary →1 John 3:3
Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
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What does the Bible say about hope?
Romans 15:13 calls God the 'God of hope' who fills believers with joy and peace so that they overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Jeremiah 29:11 records God's promise: 'For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.' Hebrews 6:19 describes hope as 'an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.'
What is the difference between faith and hope in the Bible?
Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as 'confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.' Hope and faith are closely linked — faith is the substance of hope, and hope is the forward orientation that faith takes. Hope looks forward to what God has promised; faith trusts that those promises are real and will be fulfilled.