20 Bible Verses about

Hope During Difficult Times

Psalm 39:7 BSB

And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

Romans 8:25 BSB

But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.

Psalm 130:5 BSB

I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

Isaiah 51:5 BSB

My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.

Proverbs 23:18 BSB

For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Proverbs 24:14 BSB

Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.

Romans 12:12 BSB

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

Isaiah 33:2 BSB

O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.

Psalm 25:18 BSB

Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.

Job 6:11 BSB

What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

Jeremiah 31:17 BSB

So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.

Jeremiah 29:11 BSB

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

Acts 26:6 BSB

And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,

Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”

Romans 15:13 BSB

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Isaiah 40:31 BSB

But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.