Expectations

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.

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

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,

The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, — read the full passage →

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

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

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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.

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

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord: — read the full passage →

At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. — read the full passage →

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. — read the full passage →

The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. — read the full passage →

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.

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.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

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

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.

And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

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

And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. — read the full passage →

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:

And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

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

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. — read the full passage →

And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?