Ecclesiastes 9:4

New International Version

⁴Anyone who is among the living has hope^[a]—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!

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Ecclesiastes 9:4 Or What then is to be chosen? With all who live, there is hope

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Jeremiah 17:13

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¹³Lord, you are the hope^(A) of Israel;
    all who forsake^(B) you will be put to shame.
Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust^(C)
    because they have forsaken the Lord,
    the spring of living water.^(D)

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1 Timothy 4:10

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¹⁰That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God,^(A) who is the Savior of all people,^(B) and especially of those who believe.

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Colossians 3:1-4

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Living as Those Made Alive in Christ

3 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,^(A) set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.^(B) ²Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.^(C) ³For you died,^(D) and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. ⁴When Christ, who is your^[a] life,^(E) appears,^(F) then you also will appear with him in glory.^(G)