Disappointment Bible Verses

"Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life."

— Proverbs 13:12

"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest."

— Psalm 22:1-2

"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end without hope."

— Job 7:6

"My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, "Where is your God?""

— Psalm 42:3

"So I say, "My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the Lord.""

— Lamentations 3:18

"Why, Lord, do you reject me and hide your face from me?"

— Psalm 88:14

"How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?"

— Psalm 13:1

"Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness."

— Job 30:26

"Have you rejected Judah completely? Do you despise Zion? Why have you afflicted us so that we cannot be healed? We hoped for peace but no good has come, for a time of healing but there is only terror."

— Jeremiah 14:19

"Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never show his favor again? Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time? Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has he in anger withheld his compassion?"

— Psalm 77:7-9

"but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place."

— Luke 24:21

"In my alarm I said, "I am cut off from your sight!" Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help."

— Psalm 31:22

"For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers. My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food."

— Psalm 102:3-4

"But Zion said, "The Lord has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me.""

— Isaiah 49:14

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

— Job 19:10

"I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple."

— Jonah 2:4

"Why is the Lord bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn't it be better for us to go back to Egypt?"

— Numbers 14:3

"Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God."

— Psalm 43:5

"Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."

— Lamentations 3:21-23

"And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us."

— Romans 5:5

"Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him."

— Psalm 62:5

"Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes."

— Psalm 37:7

"Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord."

— Psalm 27:14

"but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

— Isaiah 40:31

"I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope."

— Psalm 130:5

"But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me."

— Micah 7:7

"Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God."

— 1 Peter 1:21

"We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield."

— Psalm 33:20

"The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord."

— Lamentations 3:25-26

"the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love."

— Psalm 147:11

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

— Romans 15:13

"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain."

— Hebrews 6:19

"For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth."

— Psalm 71:5

"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."

— Romans 12:12

"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful."

— Hebrews 10:23

"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

— Jeremiah 29:11

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."

— Isaiah 55:8-9

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

— Romans 8:28

"Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails."

— Proverbs 19:21

"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives."

— Genesis 50:20

"In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps."

— Proverbs 16:9

"I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, 'My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.'"

— Isaiah 46:10

"In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will."

— Ephesians 1:11

"I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?"

— Jeremiah 32:27

"I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted."

— Job 42:2

"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end."

— Ecclesiastes 3:11

"The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures forever—do not abandon the works of your hands."

— Psalm 138:8

"For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?"

— Isaiah 14:27

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."

— Proverbs 3:5-6

"But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold."

— Job 23:10

"The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him."

— Psalm 37:23

"Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him."

— James 1:12

"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all."

— 2 Corinthians 4:16-17

"For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning."

— Psalm 30:5

"He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

— Revelation 21:4

"In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed."

— 1 Peter 1:6-7

"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us."

— Romans 8:18

"Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior."

— Habakkuk 3:17-18

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God."

— 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

"Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them."

— Psalm 126:5-6

"and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor."

— Isaiah 61:3

"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit."

— Psalm 34:18

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted."

— Matthew 5:4

"Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy."

— John 16:20

"Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me."

— Psalm 23:4

"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze."

— Isaiah 43:2

"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."

— Psalm 147:3

"We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed."

— 2 Corinthians 4:8-9

"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."

— Psalm 73:26

"being 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 1:6