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…unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.

“Let it be as you say,” she replied, and she sent them away. And when they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,

Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.

You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”

For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

…as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.

…where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?

He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.

For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.

For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.

The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.

When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.

The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.

Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.

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

Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

For 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.

So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.

Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.

When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.