Hope

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through patience and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees? — read the full passage →

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.

Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off.

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh.

Yahweh is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust Yahweh is.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you.

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God. — read the full passage →

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

Yahweh, your God, is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh; my confidence from my youth.

For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;

But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.

Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

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—

Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness;

But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; — read the full passage →

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →

You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; — read the full passage →

Israel, hope in Yahweh, for with Yahweh there is loving kindness. With him is abundant redemption.

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust Yahweh is. — read the full passage →

who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine. — read the full passage →

If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig. — read the full passage →

Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh. — read the full passage →

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. — read the full passage →

Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul. — read the full passage →

The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound;

Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.

Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us. — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and Christ Jesus our hope;

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;

My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.

By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.

My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.

Yahweh will roar from Zion, and thunder from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will shake; but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.