What does the Bible say about hope?

Key Bible verses about hope

1. 1 Peter 1:3-4

   Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

2. Hebrews 6:19

   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,

3. Romans 15:13

   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.

4. Romans 5:5

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

5. Romans 8:24-25

   For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees? But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.

6. Titus 2:13

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

7. Lamentations 3:21-24

   This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope. It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”

8. Psalm 42:11

   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.

9. Psalm 130:5

   I wait for the LORD. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

10. Colossians 1:27

    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.

11. 1 Thessalonians 4:13

    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.

12. Isaiah 40:31

    but those who wait for the LORD 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.

Scripture: World English Bible (public domain). Short quotations in the introduction are from the ESV. Read each passage in its chapter for the full context.