Hope

• Definition of Hope :  
• a:Hope is the emotional state which promotes the belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one’s life. Despair is the opposite of hope. Hope is the “feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best” or the act of “looking forward to something with desire and reasonable confidence” or “feel[ing] that something desired may happen.
  
• b: Other definitions are “to cherish a desire with anticipation”; “to desire with expectation of obtainment”; or “to expect with confidence”.trust 
• c:  often Hope Christianity The theological virtue defined as the desire and search for a future good, difficult but not impossible to attain with God’s help. 
  “Truly, without the life, death, and resurrection of Christ, we would have no Savior, no hope of true happiness in this world, and no hope of an eternal life of peace and happiness in the world to come.” :- The Life of Christ by Ellen G. White
    Bible Verses on Hope [KJV & NKJV]

1. For we were saved in this hope, but  hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?  But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for  it  with perseverance. (Romans 8:24, 25 NKJV)
2. ”But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.” Psalms 71:14
3. “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12
4. “Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.” Isaiah 40:28-29
5. “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” Psalm 126:5
6. “Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
   Because His compassions fail not.
   They are new every morning;
   Great is Your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23 NKJV
7. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the  Lord , thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV)
8. And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end,”James 4:8 NKJV
9. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” Hebrews 6:11 NKJV

Source: [Wikipedia] ; The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language; Merriam-Webster Dictionary]