Bible Verses About Hope for Developing a Prayer Life

"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."

"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."

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

"Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord."

"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."

"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,"

"The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him."

"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."

"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."

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

"Pray without ceasing."

"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."

"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God."

"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."

"And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed."

"And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;"

"Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered."

"Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;"