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Bible Verses About Hope

Hope that anchors the soul, especially in hard times.

58 verses · curated by hand

From the wider Bible

More verses about hope in Scripture

145 passages mentioning “hope” across WEB & KJV — beyond the curated set above.

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  1. Jeremiah 2:25

    ““Keep your feet from being bare, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’”

  2. Jeremiah 3:23

    “Truly in vain is help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.”

  3. Jeremiah 14:8

    “You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?”

  4. Jeremiah 17:13

    “Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be disappointed. Those who depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring of living waters.”

  5. Jeremiah 17:17

    “Don’t be a terror to me: you are my refuge in the day of evil.”

  6. Jeremiah 18:12

    “But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone after the stubbornness of his evil heart.’””

  7. Jeremiah 31:17

    “There is hope for your latter end,” says Yahweh; “and your children shall come again to their own border.”

  8. Jeremiah 50:7

    “All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, ‘We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.’”

  9. Lamentations 3:18

    “I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from Yahweh.””

  10. Lamentations 3:21

    “This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope.”

  11. Lamentations 3:24

    ““Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.””

  12. Lamentations 3:26

    “It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.”

  13. Lamentations 3:29

    “Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.”

  14. Ezekiel 13:6

    “They have seen falsehood and lying divination, who say, ‘Yahweh says;’ but Yahweh has not sent them. They have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed.”

  15. Ezekiel 19:5

    ““‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.”

  16. Ezekiel 37:11

    “Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.”

  17. Hosea 2:15

    “I will give her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will respond there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.”

  18. Joel 3:16

    “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.”

  19. Zechariah 9:12

    “Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.”

  20. Matthew 12:21

    “In his name, the nations will hope.””

Frequently asked

Questions about hope in the Bible

What does the Bible say about hope?
The Bible describes hope as an anchor for the soul (Hebrews 6:19), renewed every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23), and bound up with the eternal life promised in Christ (Romans 5:5).
Which Bible verse gives hope in hard times?
Jeremiah 29:11 ("I know the plans I have for you"), Romans 8:28 ("all things work together for good"), and Psalm 42:11 ("hope in God") are the three most-shared hope verses for difficult seasons.
How is biblical hope different from optimism?
Optimism expects pleasant circumstances. Biblical hope expects God to be faithful, regardless of circumstances. Hope is anchored outside the self in a person and a promise, not in a forecast.