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Bible Verses About Hope
Scripture to hold on to when the way ahead is dark — verses of hope grounded in the character of God.
Hope in the Bible is not wishful thinking. It is confidence in a God who keeps his word, even when nothing we can see has changed yet.
These verses are anchors for the hoping heart — steady, unhurried, and sure.
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.
A promise first spoken to people in exile — which is what makes it trustworthy.
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.
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.
It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
The verse our name is drawn from — mercy that arrives fresh with every dawn.
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.
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.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
When hope is hard to feel, it helps to remember that hope rests on God's faithfulness, not on our ability to summon it. His compassions are new every morning — including this one.