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An absence of hope leads to a loss of vision, a sense of despondency and ultimately to despair. This contrasts sharply with the Christian hope.

Feelings produced by a lack of hope

Despair

Job 17:13-15; Proverbs 13:12; 1 Chronicles 29:15 See also Job 6:11; Job 7:6; Psalm 88:15-18; Ecclesiastes 2:17; Isaiah 19:9; Isaiah 38:18; 2 Corinthians 1:8

A sense of being abandoned by God

Psalm 22:1-2 See also Lamentations 3:18; Ezekiel 37:11

A deep longing for life to end

1 Kings 19:4; Job 3:20-21; Ecclesiastes 4:1-2 See also Genesis 27:46; Numbers 11:15; Job 7:13-15; Jeremiah 8:3; Jonah 4:3,8; Revelation 9:6

The outcome of a lack of hope

The choice of trusting in God or futile self-effort

Romans 4:18 See also Jonah 1:13-14; Jeremiah 18:11-12; Acts 27:20

Suicide

Matthew 27:5 See also 1 Samuel 31:4; 2 Samuel 17:23; 1 Kings 16:18

See also

5067  suicide
5770  abandonment
5831  depression
5916  pessimism
6230  rejection
8713  discouragement
8820  self-confidence