Plans for a future, spoken to exiles
“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.”Jeremiah 29:11 · World English Bible
A blessing that overflows with 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.”Romans 15:13 · World English Bible
Hope recalled in the middle of ruins
“This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope. It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.”Lamentations 3:21-23 · World English Bible
Strength for those who wait
“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
Talking your own soul back to hope
“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.”Psalms 42:11 · World English Bible
Why hope waits for what it cannot see
“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
What faith is made of
“Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.”Hebrews 11:1 · World English Bible
Waiting for the Lord like watchmen for morning
“I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning.”Psalms 130:5-6 · World English Bible