Lexicon :: Strong's H8615 - tiqvâ

“unless, when we enter the land, you tie this scarlet cord to the window through which you let us down. Bring your father, mother, brothers, and all your father’s family into your house.

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

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

Isn’t your piety your confidence,

and the integrity of your life[fn] your hope?

So the poor have hope,

and injustice shuts its mouth.

If only my request would be granted

and God would provide what I hope for:

My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle;

they come to an end without hope.

Such is the destiny[fn] of all who forget God;

the hope of the godless will perish.

You will be confident, because there is hope.

You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.

But the sight of the wicked will fail.

Their way of escape will be cut off,

and their only hope is their last breath.

There is hope for a tree:

If it is cut down, it will sprout again,

and its shoots will not die.

as water wears away stones

and torrents wash away the soil from the land,

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 so that I am ruined.[fn]

He uproots my hope like a tree.

For what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off,

when God takes away his life?

For the needy will not always be forgotten;

the hope of the oppressed[fn] will not perish forever.

Rest in God alone, my soul,

for my hope comes from him.

For you are my hope, Lord GOD,

my confidence from my youth.

The hope of the righteous is joy,

but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

When the wicked person dies,

his expectation comes to nothing,

and hope placed in wealth[fn][fn] vanishes.

The desire of the righteous turns out well,

but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.

Discipline your son while there is hope;

don’t set your heart on being the cause of his death.[fn]

For then you will have a future,

and your hope will not be dashed.

realize that wisdom is the same for you.

If you find it, you will have a future,

and your hope will never fade.

Do you see a person who is wise in his own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Do you see someone who speaks too soon?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

“For I know the plans I have for you” ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​“plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

There is hope for your future —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

and your children will return to their own territory.

Let him put his mouth in the dust —

perhaps there is still hope.

“When she saw that she 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 how they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

There I will give her vineyards back to her

and make the Valley of Achor[fn]

into a gateway of hope.

There she will respond as she did

in the days of her youth,

as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt.

Return to a stronghold,

you prisoners who have hope;

today I declare that I will restore double to you.