Topic study
Hope in the Bible
Waiting on God and the hope set before us.
170 King James verses match this subject. The chapters below hold the heaviest concentration of them, so you can read each passage where it actually sits.
Chapters to read
Matched on the words themselves in the King James text. Where a word is also a name, it can point to more than one person or place, so read the chapter to see which.
Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
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.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
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,
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
Key verses
- Isaiah 30:18
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
- 2 Chronicles 13:10
But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
- Psalms 123:2
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
- Zephaniah 3:8
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
- Psalms 33:18
Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
- Psalms 130:5
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
- Psalms 33:22
Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
- Psalms 37:7
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
- Psalms 37:9
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
- Psalms 39:7
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
- Psalms 40:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
- Psalms 62:5
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
- Isaiah 8:17
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
- Isaiah 40:31
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.
- Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
- Lamentations 3:26
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
- Zechariah 11:11
And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:5
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
- Psalms 38:15
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
- Psalms 130:7
Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.