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Bible verses about
hope

Biblical hope is not wishful thinking but settled expectation — anchored in God’s promises and secured by his faithfulness. It steadies the soul in waiting and lifts the eyes beyond present trouble. These King James verses show where true hope is found and how it holds.

12 verses about hope (KJV)

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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;

  5. Psalms 39:7

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

  6. Lamentations 3:24

    The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

  7. Romans 8:24

    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?

  8. 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,

  9. Romans 12:12

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

  10. Psalms 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.

  11. 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.

  12. Titus 2:13

    Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Questions, answered plainly

What does the Bible say about hope?

The Bible presents hope as confident trust in God, who fills believers "with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope" (Romans 15:13). It calls hope "an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast" (Hebrews 6:19), grounded in God’s plans "to give you an expected end" (Jeremiah 29:11).

Where does hope come from in the Bible?

Scripture says hope is given by God himself — believers are begotten "unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ" (1 Peter 1:3), and that hope "maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts" (Romans 5:5).

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