Bible verses about hope

Hope in the Bible looks forward with confidence because of who God is, even when the present is hard. Several of these verses come from people in the middle of loss and waiting, such as Job, the Psalms and Lamentations. They are honest about the darkness and still point beyond it.

15 verses · Text: New King James Version (NKJV)

Deuteronomy 31:8
And the LORD, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed."
The LORD will never leave you nor forsake you.
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Deuteronomy 33:27
The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms; He will thrust out the enemy from before you, and will say, 'Destroy!'
God is your refuge.
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Job 19:25
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth;
Your Redeemer lives!
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Job 23:10
But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
Sometimes God is testing you.
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Job 42:2
"I know that You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.
God's plans are never thwarted.
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Psalms 43:5
Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God.
Put your hope in God.
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Psalms 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
In God you have a safe haven.
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Psalms 94:18-19
If I say, "My foot slips," Your mercy, O LORD, will hold me up. In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
God will support you.
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Psalms 107:29-30
He calms the storm, so that its waves are still. Then they are glad because they are quiet; so He guides them to their desired haven.
Jesus calms the stormy sea.
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Isaiah 43:18-19
"Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
Do not dwell on the past because God is doing a new thing.
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Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
God has a plan for you future.
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Lamentations 3:25-26
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
Wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
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Micah 7:8
Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; when I fall, I will arise; when I sit in darkness, The LORD will be a light to me.
In your darkness the LORD is your light.
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Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, It will not tarry.
Everything will come about in its due time.
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Matthew 19:26
"With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
All things are possible with God.
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