Bible verses about Disappointment
Verses for when hopes are unmet, pointing to patience and hope in God.
Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.
Psalms 25:3Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.
Psalms 34:5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Psalms 42:11Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
Psalms 62:8Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 23:18You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
Isaiah 26:3For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:
Lamentations 3:21Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
Lamentations 3:22They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
Lamentations 3:23For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
Habakkuk 2:3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
Romans 5:3perseverance, character; and character, hope.
Romans 5:4And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
Romans 5:5And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
2 Corinthians 4:8persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
2 Corinthians 4:9being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:6Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
Philippians 3:13I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:14So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
Hebrews 10:35You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
Hebrews 10:36And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
1 Peter 5:10‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
Revelation 21:4