“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
planning | blessing | promises
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
worship | soul | praise
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
encouragement | strength | promises
Yahweh will keep you from all evil.
He will keep your soul.
Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in,
from this time forward, and forever more.
Psalm 121:7-8
life | evil
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
faith | Spirit | Holy Spirit
Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
encouragement | rest | weakness
Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope.
Romans 5:3-4
suffering | joy
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1
faith | truth
But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13
faith | love
You are my hiding place and my shield.
I hope in your word.
Psalm 119:114
Word of God | protection
Let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:23
reliability | acknowledging | promises
Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
all you who hope in Yahweh.
Psalm 31:24
encouragement | heart | courage
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
salvation | listening
But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.
Romans 8:25
trust | patience
Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12
life | heart | sickness
“Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul.
“Therefore I will hope in him.”
Lamentations 3:24
materialism | acknowledging
Guide me in your truth, and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation.
I wait for you all day long.
Psalm 25:5
truth | learning | salvation
And hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 5:5
heart | Spirit | love
Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh,
since we have hoped in you.
Psalm 33:22
trust | reliability
I wait for Yahweh.
My soul waits.
I hope in his word.
Psalm 130:5
Word of God | soul
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
1 Peter 1:3
resurrection | rebirth | easter
The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me,
because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble.
He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and release to those who are bound.
Isaiah 61:1
Spirit | redeemer | freedom
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear.
1 Peter 3:15
evangelism | Jesus
To whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Colossians 1:27
evangelism | Jesus
There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling.
Ephesians 4:4
Spirit | calling | body
So you shall know wisdom to be to your soul.
If you have found it, then there will be a reward:
Your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 24:14
wisdom | seeking
Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.
Ephesians 1:18
understanding | receiving | light
Doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:6-7
love | truth | evil
My soul, wait in silence for God alone,
for my expectation is from him.
Psalm 62:5
soul | rest
The prospect of the righteous is joy,
but the hope of the wicked will perish.
Proverbs 10:28
righteousness | patience | joy
For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Romans 15:4
Word of God | encouragement