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100 Bible Verses about Expectations

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 2,487 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Proverbs 10:28 ESV / 2,037 helpful votes

The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

Proverbs 23:18 ESV / 1,993 helpful votes

Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Psalm 62:5 ESV / 1,977 helpful votes

For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.

2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV / 1,963 helpful votes

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

Matthew 11:28 ESV / 1,951 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Micah 6:8 ESV / 1,921 helpful votes

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 1,890 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Acts 3:5 ESV / 1,870 helpful votes

And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.

Proverbs 24:14 ESV / 1,844 helpful votes

Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 1,722 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Matthew 24:35 ESV / 1,720 helpful votes

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Philippians 1:20 ESV / 1,709 helpful votes

As it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.

Ephesians 3:20 ESV / 1,592 helpful votes

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,

Ezekiel 37:1-28 ESV / 1,541 helpful votes

The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.” Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. ...

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 1,491 helpful votes

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Job 22:28 ESV / 1,460 helpful votes

You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

Mark 11:23 ESV / 1,456 helpful votes

Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

Jeremiah 33:3 ESV / 1,346 helpful votes

Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 1,249 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 1,095 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 1,087 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Matthew 24:2 ESV / 1,057 helpful votes

But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”

1 Corinthians 13:3 ESV / 1,009 helpful votes

If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Hebrews 10:26 ESV / 912 helpful votes

For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

John 1:12 ESV / 903 helpful votes

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

Matthew 24:22 ESV / 873 helpful votes

And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 871 helpful votes

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 863 helpful votes

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Genesis 12:3 ESV / 860 helpful votes

I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV / 848 helpful votes

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Matthew 24:3 ESV / 784 helpful votes

As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

Matthew 24:1-51 ESV / 733 helpful votes

Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. ...

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 722 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Proverbs 11:23 ESV / 722 helpful votes

The desire of the righteous ends only in good, the expectation of the wicked in wrath.

Proverbs 13:12 ESV / 720 helpful votes

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Proverbs 11:7 ESV / 714 helpful votes

When the wicked dies, his hope will perish, and the expectation of wealth perishes too.

1 Peter 1:2 ESV / 695 helpful votes

According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Philippians 4:2 ESV / 695 helpful votes

I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord.

John 1:3 ESV / 695 helpful votes

All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

1 Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 691 helpful votes

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. ...

Revelation 11:1-19 ESV / 679 helpful votes

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. ...

Ezekiel 36:1-38 ESV / 676 helpful votes

“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God: Because the enemy said of you, ‘Aha!’ and, ‘The ancient heights have become our possession,’ therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Precisely because they made you desolate and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you became the talk and evil gossip of the people, therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become a prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around, therefore thus says the Lord God: Surely I have spoken in my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave my land to themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, that they might make its pasturelands a prey. ...

Jeremiah 31:1-40 ESV / 676 helpful votes

“At that time, declares the Lord, I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people.” Thus says the Lord: “The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest, the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel! Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers. Again you shall plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant and shall enjoy the fruit. ...

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 669 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Philippians 4:1-23 ESV / 667 helpful votes

Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved. I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; ...

Ezekiel 28:1-26 ESV / 662 helpful votes

The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God: “Because your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,’ yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god— you are indeed wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you; by your wisdom and your understanding you have made wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries; by your great wisdom in your trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth— ...

Mark 12:1-44 ESV / 659 helpful votes

And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country. When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. Again he sent to them another servant, and they struck him on the head and treated him shamefully. And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed. ...

1 Peter 1:1-25 ESV / 658 helpful votes

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. ...

1 Corinthians 13:2 ESV / 657 helpful votes

And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

John 3:2 ESV / 657 helpful votes

This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”

Revelation 4:2 ESV / 655 helpful votes

At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne.

Revelation 4:1-11 ESV / 654 helpful votes

After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. And he who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald. Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads. From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God, ...

Mark 12:2 ESV / 654 helpful votes

When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

John 14:6 ESV / 653 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 650 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

John 3:16 ESV / 634 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 12:48 ESV / 629 helpful votes

But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

Isaiah 30:21 ESV / 626 helpful votes

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 600 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Acts 3:4 ESV / 600 helpful votes

And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.”

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 599 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Acts 3:1 ESV / 589 helpful votes

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

Romans 8:19 ESV / 584 helpful votes

For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.

Titus 2:13 ESV / 583 helpful votes

Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

Colossians 1:2 ESV / 580 helpful votes

To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

1 Corinthians 13:4 ESV / 567 helpful votes

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant

Acts 23:6 ESV / 519 helpful votes

Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”

Mark 10:2 ESV / 507 helpful votes

And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 493 helpful votes

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, ...

John 16:33 ESV / 483 helpful votes

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

Luke 3:15 ESV / 476 helpful votes

As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ,

Acts 3:3 ESV / 475 helpful votes

Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms.

Mark 9:23 ESV / 472 helpful votes

And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.”

2 Corinthians 8:5 ESV / 464 helpful votes

And this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.

Joshua 1:7-16 ESV / 461 helpful votes

Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” And Joshua commanded the officers of the people, “Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess.’” ...

Psalm 9:18 ESV / 442 helpful votes

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

Matthew 24:21 ESV / 439 helpful votes

For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.

Romans 8:25 ESV / 436 helpful votes

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Isaiah 20:5 ESV / 428 helpful votes

Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast.

Revelation 3:20 ESV / 421 helpful votes

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

Acts 12:11 ESV / 414 helpful votes

When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”

Luke 21:26 ESV / 411 helpful votes

People fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Joshua 1:8 ESV / 410 helpful votes

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

Matthew 24:44 ESV / 408 helpful votes

Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Acts 3:2 ESV / 406 helpful votes

And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple.

Matthew 24:50 ESV / 406 helpful votes

The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know

Lamentations 3:18 ESV / 404 helpful votes

So I say, “My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the Lord.”

Acts 3:7 ESV / 397 helpful votes

And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.

Matthew 24:6 ESV / 397 helpful votes

And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.

Matthew 24:4 ESV / 396 helpful votes

And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray.

John 3:1-36 ESV / 395 helpful votes

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ...

Matthew 24:24 ESV / 395 helpful votes

For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 393 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 384 helpful votes

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Matthew 24:14 ESV / 372 helpful votes

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 343 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

Ezekiel 37:3 ESV / 320 helpful votes

And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.”

Mark 16:1-20 ESV / 304 helpful votes

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. ...

Matthew 11:3 ESV / 300 helpful votes

And said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?”

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