Bible Verses about “false hope”
The Bible contains 11 verses about false hope across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“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:”
“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;”
“¶ Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
“Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.”
“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.”
“Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.”
“But if we hope for that we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for [it].”
“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?”
“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.”
“¶ Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.”
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory;”