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Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
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Ruth 1:12, 13
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And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
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Ezra 10:2
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Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
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Esther 9:1, 2
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Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
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Job 4:6-8
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So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
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Job 5:16
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What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
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Job 6:11-14
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They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
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Job 6:20
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My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
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Job 7:6
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So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
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Job 8:13, 14
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And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
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Job 11:18
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But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
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Job 11:20
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For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
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Job 14:7
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The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
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Job 14:19
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And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
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Job 17:15, 16
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He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
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Job 19:10
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For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
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Job 27:8-11
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If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
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Job 31:24-28
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Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
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Job 41:9-11
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Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
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Psalms 16:9
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But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
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Psalms 22:9
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Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
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Psalms 31:24
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Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
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Psalms 33:18, 19
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Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
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Psalms 33:22
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For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
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Psalms 38:15
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And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
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Psalms 39:7
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Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
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Psalms 42:5
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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.
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Psalms 42:11
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Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
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Psalms 43:5
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For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
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Psalms 71:5
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But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
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Psalms 71:14
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That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
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Psalms 78:7, 8
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And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
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Psalms 119:43
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Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
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Psalms 119:49
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They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
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Psalms 119:74
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My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
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Psalms 119:81
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Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
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Psalms 119:114
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Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
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Psalms 119:116
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I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
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Psalms 119:147
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LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
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Psalms 119:166
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I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
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Psalms 130:5
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Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
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Psalms 130:7
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Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.
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Psalms 131:3
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Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
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Psalms 146:5-9
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The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
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Psalms 147:11
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The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
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Proverbs 10:28
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When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
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Proverbs 11:7
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Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
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Proverbs 13:12
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The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
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Proverbs 14:32
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Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
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Proverbs 19:18
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Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
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Proverbs 26:12
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Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
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Proverbs 29:20
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For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
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Ecclesiastes 9:4
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For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
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Isaiah 38:18
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Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
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Isaiah 57:10
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Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
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Jeremiah 2:25
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Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
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Jeremiah 3:23
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O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
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Jeremiah 14:8, 9
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Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
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Jeremiah 17:7
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O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
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Jeremiah 17:13
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Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
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Jeremiah 17:17
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And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
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Jeremiah 18:12
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And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
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Jeremiah 31:17
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All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
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Jeremiah 50:7
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And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
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Lamentations 3:18, 19
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This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
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Lamentations 3:21
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The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
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Lamentations 3:24
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It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
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Lamentations 3:26
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He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
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Lamentations 3:29
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They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
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Ezekiel 13:6
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Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
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Ezekiel 19:5
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Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
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Ezekiel 37:11
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And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
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Hosea 2:15
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The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
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Joel 3:16
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Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
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Zechariah 9:12, 13
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And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
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Luke 6:34
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And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.
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Luke 23:8
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Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
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Acts 2:26, 27
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And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
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Acts 16:19-21
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But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
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Acts 23:6
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And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
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Acts 24:15
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He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
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Acts 24:26
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And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God, unto our fathers:
Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
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Acts 26:6, 7
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And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
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Acts 27:20
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For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
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Acts 28:20
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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.
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Romans 4:18
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By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
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Romans 5:2
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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.
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Romans 5:4, 5
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For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
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Romans 8:20, 21
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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.
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Romans 8:24, 25
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Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
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Romans 12:12, 13
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For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
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Romans 15:4
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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.
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Romans 15:13
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Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
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1 Corinthians 9:10
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Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
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1 Corinthians 13:7
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And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
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1 Corinthians 13:13
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If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
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1 Corinthians 15:19
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And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
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2 Corinthians 1:7
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Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
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2 Corinthians 3:12-14
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And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
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2 Corinthians 8:5
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Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.
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2 Corinthians 10:15, 16
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For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
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Galatians 5:5
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The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
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Ephesians 1:18-23
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That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
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Ephesians 2:12, 13
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There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
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Ephesians 4:4-6
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According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
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Philippians 1:20
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Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.
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Philippians 2:23
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For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
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Colossians 1:5-8
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If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
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Colossians 1:23-29
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Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
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1 Thessalonians 1:3, 4
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For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
For ye are our glory and joy.
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1 Thessalonians 2:19, 20
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But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
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1 Thessalonians 4:13
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But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
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1 Thessalonians 5:8
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Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
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2 Thessalonians 2:16, 17
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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
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1 Timothy 1:1, 2
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In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
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Titus 1:2-4
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Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
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Titus 2:13, 14
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That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
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Titus 3:7
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But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
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Hebrews 3:6
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And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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Hebrews 6:11, 12
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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;
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
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Hebrews 6:18-20
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For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
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Hebrews 7:19
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
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Hebrews 11:1
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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,
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
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1 Peter 1:3-5
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Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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1 Peter 1:13-16
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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.
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1 Peter 1:21
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But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
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1 Peter 3:15, 16
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And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
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1 John 3:3
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