Bible Verses About Hope

verses for when the future feels uncertain — 36 passages from our curated pool.

Biblical hope is not optimism. Optimism expects things to go well; hope holds on when they are not. The verses gathered here were almost all written from inside trouble — exile (Jeremiah 29:11), ruins (Lamentations 3), prison (Philippians) — which is exactly why they still work on hard days.

A pattern worth noticing: hope in Scripture is nearly always attached to God's character rather than to circumstances improving. “Those who wait on the Lord” renew their strength; the promise is about who is being waited on, not how soon the wait ends.

If you are in a long season, read Lamentations 3:22 in its full context. The writer does not minimize the disaster happening around him — he simply refuses to let it have the last word. That is the tone of every verse in this set.

“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.”

Psalms 121:1

“The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.”

Psalms 34:18

“Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”

Psalms 37:4

“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.”

Psalms 139:14

“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”

Psalms 30:5

“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.”

Psalms 42:11

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”

Ecclesiastes 3:1

“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.”

Isaiah 40:31

“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.”

Jeremiah 29:11

“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.”

Lamentations 3:22

“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.”

Ezekiel 36:26

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:”

Matthew 7:7

“But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.”

Matthew 19:26

“Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.”

Mark 9:23

“For with God nothing shall be impossible.”

Luke 1:37

“And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”

John 1:5

“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”

John 10:10

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

Romans 8:28

“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

Romans 12:2

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

Romans 12:12

“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.”

Romans 15:13

“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.”

1 Corinthians 13:13

“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.”

2 Corinthians 4:16

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

2 Corinthians 5:17

“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

Galatians 6:9

“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,”

Ephesians 3:20

“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:”

Philippians 1:6

“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,”

Titus 2:11

“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)”

Hebrews 10:23

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

Hebrews 11:1

“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.”

James 1:12

“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,”

1 Peter 1:3

“But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”

1 Peter 5:10

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”

Revelation 21:4

“Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”

Isaiah 43:19

“Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.”

Psalms 27:14

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