Quotes About Hope

For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.

Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.

When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”

So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.

And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed.

You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.

Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.

You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.

You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.

Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.

In the morning you will say, ëIf only it were evening!í and in the evening you will say, ëIf only it were morning!í—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.

“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,

then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.

Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there.

For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.

See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster.

The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.

Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”