Bible verses about hope

The Bible treats hope as confident expectation grounded in God’s character and promises, not as wishful thinking.

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”Jeremiah 29:11 · KJV

Verses: 16
Key passage: Jeremiah 29:11
Translation: King James
Updated: 2026-10-27

Biblical hope is rooted in what God has done and promised, which is why it appears most in books written during exile, suffering or waiting. Jeremiah 29:11 was written to people in Babylon. The verses here show how hope is described as an anchor, a source of joy and a reason to keep going.

16 verses about hope

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”

Jeremiah 29:11 · KJV

“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.”

Romans 15:13 · KJV

“For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.”

Romans 8:24-25 · KJV

“Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.”

Psalm 42:11 · KJV

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

Hebrews 11:1 · KJV

“This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”

Lamentations 3:21-23 · KJV

“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”

Isaiah 40:31 · KJV

“But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.”

Psalm 71:14 · KJV

“And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”

Romans 5:3-5 · KJV

“Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;”

Hebrews 6:19 · KJV

“I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.”

Psalm 130:5 · KJV

“For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.”

Proverbs 23:18 · KJV

“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;”

Titus 2:13 · KJV

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,”

1 Peter 1:3 · KJV

“Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.”

Psalm 31:24 · KJV

“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.”

Proverbs 13:12 · KJV

Questions

What does the Bible say about hope?

The Bible treats hope as confident expectation grounded in God’s character and promises, not as wishful thinking. A good place to start is Jeremiah 29:11.

Where does the Bible talk most about hope?

Key passages include Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 15:13, Romans 8:24-25. This page lists 16 verses from the Old and New Testaments.

Which Bible translation is used?

The King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain in the United States. Other translations use different wording for the same passages.