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Bible verses about hope

In everyday English, hope means wishing something might happen. In the Bible it is closer to confident waiting: Hebrews 6:19 calls it “an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast.” That is why so many hope verses come from the Psalms and from Lamentations, written in exile and loss.

The verses below cover hope as an anchor, hope while you wait, and hope beyond death. Each is quoted word for word from the public-domain World English Bible, so you can share it freely.

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Hope as an anchor

What hope rests on, in a few lines each.

  1. 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…

    Hebrews 6:19 · World English Bible
  2. Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

    Hebrews 11:1 · World English Bible
  3. 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.

    Romans 15:13 · World English Bible
  4. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

    Jeremiah 29:11 · World English Bible
  5. Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

    Psalm 39:7 · World English Bible
  6. My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

    Psalm 62:5 · World English Bible
  7. Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness…

    Psalm 33:18 · World English Bible
  8. Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

    Psalm 147:11 · World English Bible
  9. 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…

    1 Peter 1:3 · World English Bible

Hope while you wait

For waiting rooms, job searches and long recoveries.

  1. Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope: 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.

    Romans 5:3–5 · World English Bible
  2. 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.

    Romans 8:24–25 · World English Bible
  3. Rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer…

    Romans 12:12 · World English Bible
  4. Yahweh is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him. Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.

    Lamentations 3:24–26 · World English Bible
  5. I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

    Psalm 130:5 · World English Bible
  6. 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.

    Psalm 42:11 · World English Bible
  7. But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.

    Psalm 71:14 · World English Bible
  8. But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

    Micah 7:7 · World English Bible
  9. 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.

    Isaiah 40:31 · World English Bible
  10. Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

    Proverbs 23:18 · World English Bible

Hope beyond this life

The verses read at funerals and on anniversaries.

  1. 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.

    Revelation 21:4 · World English Bible
  2. But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

    1 Corinthians 13:13 · World English Bible
  3. Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

    2 Corinthians 4:16–18 · World English Bible
  4. 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. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

    1 Thessalonians 4:13–14 · World English Bible
  5. Looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ…

    Titus 2:13 · World English Bible
  6. 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.

    Romans 8:18 · World English Bible

Short Bible verses about hope

The shortest ones above, for a caption, a tattoo idea or a phone lock screen. Press Wallpaper to open one at full phone size, ready to download.

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

    Psalm 39:7 · World English Bible
  2. I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

    Psalm 130:5 · World English Bible
  3. Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

    Hebrews 11:1 · World English Bible
  4. My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

    Psalm 62:5 · World English Bible
  5. Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off.

    Proverbs 23:18 · World English Bible

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Questions about these hope verses

What does the Bible say hope is?

Hebrews 11:1 links faith to “things hoped for”, and Hebrews 6:19 calls hope an anchor. Romans 8:24-25 adds that hope is for what we don’t yet see, so it involves patient waiting.

Which verse is about the God of hope?

Romans 15:13: “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope.” It is one of the most shared blessings in the New Testament.

Is there a verse about hope for the future?

Jeremiah 29:11 speaks of “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end”, and Proverbs 23:18 says “surely there is a future hope”. Revelation 21:4 describes a time with no more death, mourning or pain.

About the text

Every verse is quoted from the World English Bible, a modern English translation its editors have placed in the public domain, as published by Project Gutenberg (ebook #8294). Only the typography is changed: curly quotation marks, psalm titles and musical notes left out, and an ellipsis where a passage stops mid-sentence. American spellings (honor, neighbor) are the translation’s own. You are free to copy, print and share it. More about the choice of translation is on the Bible verses page.

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