Quotes about Hope
David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.
— 2 Samuel 12:16
David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
— 2 Samuel 12:22
But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
— 2 Samuel 12:23
For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
— 2 Samuel 14:14
Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
— 2 Samuel 16:12
He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
— 2 Samuel 22:2
He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
— 2 Samuel 22:17
For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
— 2 Samuel 22:29
They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
— 2 Samuel 22:42
The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”
— 1 Kings 3:21
then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
— 1 Kings 8:38
Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
— 1 Kings 17:7