70 Bible Verses about Optimism

But I am like a branching olive-tree in the house of God; I have put my faith in his mercy for ever and ever.

Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.

Make your steps clear to me, O Lord; give me knowledge of your ways. Be my guide and teacher in the true way; for you are the God of my salvation; I am waiting for your word all the day.

In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.

For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.

Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope.

The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.

Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation; You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me? When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame. Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

A blessing is on the man who puts his faith in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

But as for me, I am looking to the Lord; I am waiting for the God of my salvation: the ears of my God will be open to me.

So that we say with a good heart, The Lord is my helper; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?

And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us:

Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come. So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord, (For we are walking by faith, not by seeing,)read more.
We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.

But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets: Hoping in God for that which they themselves are looking for, that there will be a coming back from the dead for upright men and wrongdoers.

For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

I give praise to my God at every memory of you, And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy, Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;read more.
For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:

And in that day you will say I will give praise to you, O Lord; for though you were angry with me, your wrath is turned away, and I am comforted. See, God is my salvation; I will have faith in the Lord, without fear: for the Lord Jah is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.

And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land: but still there is hope for Israel in this question.

And this is the certain faith which we have in God through Christ: Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God;

By whom we come near to God without fear through faith in him.

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.

My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him; And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.

Let not your heart be troubled: have faith in God and have faith in me.

Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.

And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.

Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness. So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires. Put your life in the hands of the Lord; have faith in him and he will do it.

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate. O house of Aaron, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate. You worshippers of the Lord, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.

May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear.

I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,

Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;

For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin.

So then, my brothers, being able to go into the holy place without fear, because of the blood of Jesus, By the new and living way which he made open for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having a great priest over the house of God,read more.
Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water: Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:

So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.

With him is an arm of flesh; but we have the Lord our God, helping us and fighting for us. And the people put their faith in what Hezekiah, king of Judah, said.

Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.

The heart of her husband has faith in her, and he will have profit in full measure.

And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;

My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.

Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.

And our hope for you is certain; in the knowledge that as you take part in the troubles, so you will take part in the comfort.

And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

And we have sent with them our brother, whose ready spirit has been made clear to us at times and in ways without number, but it is now all the more so because of the certain faith which he has in you.

But his quality is clear to you; how, as a child is to its father, so he was a help to me in the work of the good news.

And with him I have sent Onesimus, the true and well-loved brother, who is one of you. They will give you word of everything which is taking place here.

And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.

Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

Then Gaal, the son of Ebed, came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their faith in him.

Then Samuel said, Make Agag, the king of the Amalekites, come here to me. And Agag came to him shaking with fear. And Agag said, Truly the pain of death is past.

They were put to shame because of their hope; they came and their hope was gone.

When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant. So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing:

At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.

Put no faith in false words, saying, The Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, are these.

Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.

For even your brothers, your father's family, even they have been untrue to you, crying loudly after you: have no faith in them, though they say fair words to you.

Why are you lifted up in pride on account of your valleys, your flowing valley, O daughter ever turning away? who puts her faith in her wealth, saying, Who will come against me?

And Egypt will no longer be the hope of the children of Israel, causing sin to come to mind when their eyes are turned to them: and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord,

Have joy at all times.

Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.

A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.

For this is what the Lord has said: When seventy years are ended for Babylon, I will have pity on you and give effect to my good purpose for you, causing you to come back to this place. For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.

This is the day which the Lord has made; we will be full of joy and delight in it.

My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?

He will have no fear of evil news; his heart is fixed, for his hope is in the Lord. His heart is resting safely, he will have no fear, till he sees trouble come on his haters.

Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace.