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1. Ruth 1:12
Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons-

2. 2 Kings 4:28
"Did I ask you for a son, my lord?" she said. "Didn't I tell you, 'Don't raise my hopes'?"

3. 1 Chronicles 29:15
We are aliens and strangers in your sight, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

4. Ezra 10:2
Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, one of the descendants of Elam, said to Ezra, "We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples around us. But in spite of this, there is still hope for Israel.

5. Esther 9:1
[ Triumph of the Jews ] On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the edict commanded by the king was to be carried out. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but now the tables were turned and the Jews got the upper hand over those who hated them.

6. Job 4:6
Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?

7. Job 5:16
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

8. Job 6:8
"Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,

9. Job 6:11
"What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?

10. Job 6:19
The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.

11. Job 7:6
"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.

12. Job 8:13
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.

13. Job 11:18
You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.

14. Job 11:20
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp."

15. Job 13:15
Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.

16. Job 14:7
"At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

17. Job 14:19
as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man's hope.

18. Job 17:13
If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

19. Job 17:15
where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?

20. Job 19:10
He tears me down on every side till I am gone; he uproots my hope like a tree.

21. Job 27:8
For what hope has the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

22. Job 30:26
Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.

23. Job 41:9
Any hope of subduing him is false; the mere sight of him is overpowering.

24. Psalm 9:18
But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish.

25. Psalm 25:3
No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse.

26. Psalm 25:5
guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

27. Psalm 25:21
May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you.

28. Psalm 31:24
Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.

29. Psalm 33:17
A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save.

30. Psalm 33:18
But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,

31. Psalm 33:20
We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.

32. Psalm 33:22
May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you.

33. Psalm 37:9
For evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

34. Psalm 39:7
"But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.

35. Psalm 42:5
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and

36. Psalm 42:11
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

37. Psalm 43:5
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

38. Psalm 52:9
I will praise you forever for what you have done; in your name I will hope, for your name is good. I will praise you in the presence of your saints.

39. Psalm 62:5
Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.

40. Psalm 65:5
You answer us with awesome deeds of righteousness, O God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas,

41. Psalm 69:6
May those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me, O Lord, the LORD Almighty; may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me, O God of Israel.

42. Psalm 71:5
For you have been my hope, O Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth.

43. Psalm 71:14
But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.

44. Psalm 119:43
Do not snatch the word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your laws.

45. Psalm 119:49
[ z Zayin ] Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.

46. Psalm 119:74
May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in your word.

47. Psalm 119:81
[ k Kaph ] My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.

48. Psalm 119:114
You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.

49. Psalm 119:116
Sustain me according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed.

50. Psalm 119:147
I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word.

51. Psalm 130:5
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.

52. Psalm 130:7
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.

53. Psalm 131:3
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD both now and forevermore.

54. Psalm 146:5
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

55. Psalm 147:11
the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.

56. Proverbs 10:28
The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.

57. Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked man dies, his hope perishes; all he expected from his power comes to nothing.

58. Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.

59. Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

60. Proverbs 19:18
Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death.

61. Proverbs 23:18
There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.

62. Proverbs 24:14
Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.

63. Proverbs 24:20
for the evil man has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

64. Proverbs 26:12
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

65. Proverbs 29:20
Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

66. Ecclesiastes 9:4
Anyone who is among the living has hope —even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!

67. Isaiah 19:9
Those who work with combed flax will despair, the weavers of fine linen will lose hope.

68. Isaiah 38:18
For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

69. Isaiah 40:31
but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

70. Isaiah 42:4
he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his law the islands will put their hope."

71. Isaiah 49:23
Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground; they will lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in me will not be disappointed."

72. Isaiah 51:5
My righteousness draws near speedily, my salvation is on the way, and my arm will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look to me and wait in hope for my arm.

73. Isaiah 57:10
You were wearied by all your ways, but you would not say, 'It is hopeless.' You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not faint.

74. Isaiah 66:1
[ Judgment and Hope ] This is what the LORD says: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?

75. Jeremiah 8:15
We hoped for peace but no good has come, for a time of healing but there was only terror.

76. Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings the darkness, before your feet stumble on the darkening hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it to thick darkness and change it to deep gloom.

77. Jeremiah 14:8
O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are you like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays only a night?

78. Jeremiah 14:19
Have you rejected Judah completely? Do you despise Zion? Why have you afflicted us so that we cannot be healed? We hoped for peace but no good has come, for a time of healing but there is only terror.

79. Jeremiah 14:22
Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies themselves send down showers? No, it is you, O LORD our God. Therefore our hope is in you, for you are the one who does all this.

80. Jeremiah 17:13
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust because they have forsaken the LORD, the spring of living water.

81. Jeremiah 23:16
This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you; they fill you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.

82. Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

83. Jeremiah 31:17
So there is hope for your future," declares the LORD. "Your children will return to their own land.

84. Jeremiah 50:7
Whoever found them devoured them; their enemies said, 'We are not guilty, for they sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.'

85. Lamentations 3:18
So I say, "My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the LORD."

86. Lamentations 3:21
Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:

87. Lamentations 3:25
The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;

88. Lamentations 3:29
Let him bury his face in the dust— there may yet be hope.

89. Ezekiel 19:5
" 'When she saw her hope unfulfilled, her expectation gone, she took another of her cubs and made him a strong lion.

90. Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said to me: "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, 'Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.'

91. Hosea 2:15
There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will sing as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

92. Micah 7:7
But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.

93. Zechariah 9:5
Ashkelon will see it and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, and Ekron too, for her hope will wither. Gaza will lose her king and Ashkelon will be deserted.

94. Zechariah 9:12
Return to your fortress, O prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.

95. Matthew 12:21
In his name the nations will put their hope."

96. Luke 20:20
[ Paying Taxes to Caesar ] Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be honest. They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.

97. Luke 23:8
When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform some miracle.

98. Luke 24:21
but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.

99. John 5:45
"But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set.

100. Acts 2:26
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will live in hope,

101. Acts 16:19
When the owners of the slave girl realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.

102. Acts 23:6
Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, "My brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. I stand on trial because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead."

103. Acts 24:15
and I have the same hope in God as these men, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

104. Acts 26:6
And now it is because of my hope in what God has promised our fathers that I am on trial today.

105. Acts 26:7
This is the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. O king, it is because of this hope that the Jews are accusing me.

106. Acts 27:20
When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.

107. Acts 28:20
For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain."

108. Romans 4:18
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

109. Romans 5:2
through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

110. Romans 5:4
perseverance, character; and character, hope.

111. Romans 5:5
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

112. Romans 8:20
For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope

113. Romans 8:24
For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?

114. Romans 8:25
But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

115. Romans 11:14
in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them.

116. Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

117. Romans 15:4
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

118. Romans 15:12
And again, Isaiah says, "The Root of Jesse will spring up, one who will arise to rule over the nations; the Gentiles will hope in him."

119. Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

120. Romans 15:24
I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to visit you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.

121. 1 Corinthians 9:10
Surely he says this for us, doesn't he? Yes, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they ought to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.

122. 1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me. I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of this boast.

123. 1 Corinthians 13:7
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

124. 1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

125. 1 Corinthians 15:19
If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.

126. 1 Corinthians 16:7
I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.

127. 2 Corinthians 1:7
And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.

128. 2 Corinthians 1:10
He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us,

129. 2 Corinthians 1:13
For we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I hope that,

130. 2 Corinthians 3:12
Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.

131. 2 Corinthians 5:11
[ The Ministry of Reconciliation ] Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.

132. 2 Corinthians 10:15
Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting of work done by others. Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow, our area of activity among you will greatly expand,

133. 2 Corinthians 11:1
[ Paul and the False Apostles ] I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness; but you are already doing that.

134. Galatians 5:5
But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope.

135. Ephesians 1:12
in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.

136. Ephesians 1:18
I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

137. Ephesians 2:12
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

138. Ephesians 4:4
There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope when you were called—

139. Philippians 1:20
I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

140. Philippians 2:19
[ Timothy and Epaphroditus ] I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you.

141. Philippians 2:23
I hope, therefore, to send him as soon as I see how things go with me.

142. Colossians 1:5
the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel

143. Colossians 1:23
if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

144. Colossians 1:27
To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

145. 1 Thessalonians 1:3
We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

146. 1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you?

147. 1 Thessalonians 4:13
[ The Coming of the Lord ] Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope.

148. 1 Thessalonians 5:8
But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

149. 2 Thessalonians 2:16
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope,

150. 1 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

151. 1 Timothy 3:14
Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these instructions so that,

152. 1 Timothy 4:10
(and for this we labor and strive), that we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who believe.

153. 1 Timothy 5:5
The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help.

154. 1 Timothy 6:17
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

155. 2 Timothy 2:25
Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,

156. Titus 1:2
a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,

157. Titus 2:13
while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

158. Titus 3:7
so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

159. Philemon 1:22
And one thing more: Prepare a guest room for me, because I hope to be restored to you in answer to your prayers.

160. Hebrews 3:6
But Christ is faithful as a son over God's house. And we are his house, if we hold on to our courage and the hope of which we boast.

161. Hebrews 6:11
We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.

162. Hebrews 6:18
God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged.

163. Hebrews 6:19
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

164. Hebrews 7:19
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

165. Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

166. Hebrews 11:1
[ By Faith ] Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

167. 1 Peter 1:3
[ Praise to God for a Living Hope ] Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

168. 1 Peter 1:13
[ Be Holy ] Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

169. 1 Peter 1:21
Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.

170. 1 Peter 3:5
For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands,

171. 1 Peter 3:15
But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,

172. 1 John 3:3
Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.

173. 2 John 1:12
I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

174. 3 John 1:14
I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. Greet the friends there by name.