False Confidence

Nave's Topical Bible

Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.

• Deuteronomy 29:19 OT

  and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, “I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,” to destroy the moist with the dry.

• 1 Kings 20:11 OT

  The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’ ”

• Proverbs 3:5 OT

  Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

• Proverbs 23:4 OT

  Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

• Proverbs 26:12 OT

  Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

• Proverbs 28:26 OT

  One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

• Isaiah 5:21 OT

  Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

• Romans 12:16 NT

  Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

• 2 Corinthians 1:9 NT

  Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

• Psalms 20:7 OT

  Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of Yahweh our God.

• Psalms 33:17 OT

  A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power.

• Psalms 44:6 OT

  For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

• Psalms 49:6 OT

  Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—

• Proverbs 11:28 OT

  He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

• Isaiah 22:11 OT

  You also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you didn’t look to him who had done this, neither did you have respect for him who planed it long ago.

• Isaiah 31:1-3 OT

  Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh! Yet he…

• Jeremiah 48:7 OT

  For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also will be taken. Chemosh will go out into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

• Zechariah 4:6 OT

  Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

• Mark 10:24 NT

  The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!

• Psalms 33:16 OT

  There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

• Psalms 62:9 OT

  Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.

• Psalms 118:8 OT

  It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.

• Psalms 146:3 OT

  Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.

• Psalms 146:4 OT

  His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.