Bible Verses About Hope and Faith
Faith and hope as inseparable — believing what cannot yet be seen, the substance of things hoped for.
Faith and hope are inseparable partners, giving substance to the things we cannot yet see with our eyes. By believing in God's power today, we secure our hope for all our tomorrows. Let your confidence in His Word be the foundation upon which you build a life of unshakeable joy.
Key Passages
"(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)"
"While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."
"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?"
"By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith."
"Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;"
"Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word."
"Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be."
"And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:"
"He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;"
"And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform."
"But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it."
"For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope."
"For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith."
"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:"
"Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;"
"Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)"
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
"For by it the elders obtained a good report."
"Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear."
"But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
"Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:"
"Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls."
"Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God."
"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith."
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