FALSE CONFIDENCE

Passages on this topic · 40

• Genesis 11:4

  They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”

• Deuteronomy 29:19

  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

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

• 2 Kings 19:23

  By your messengers, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots, I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon, and I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees; and I will enter into his farthest lodging place, the forest of his fruitful field.

• 2 Chronicles 16:7

  At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, “Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on Yahweh your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped out of your hand.

• 2 Chronicles 16:8

  Weren’t the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge army, with chariots and horsemen exceeding many? Yet, because you relied on Yahweh, he delivered them into your hand.

• 2 Chronicles 16:9

  For Yahweh’s eyes run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. You have done foolishly in this; for from now on you will have wars.”

• Psalms 20:7

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

• Psalms 33:16

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

• Psalms 33:17

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

• Psalms 44:6

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

• Psalms 49:6

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

• Psalms 62:9

  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

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

• Psalms 146:3

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

• Psalms 146:4

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

• Proverbs 3:5

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

• Proverbs 11:28

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

• Proverbs 23:4

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

• Proverbs 26:12

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

• Proverbs 28:26

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

• Isaiah 2:22

  Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?

• Isaiah 5:21

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

• Isaiah 22:11

  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 purposed it long ago.

• Isaiah 31:1

  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!

• Isaiah 31:2

  Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.

• Isaiah 31:3

  Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When Yahweh stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.

• Jeremiah 17:5

  Yahweh says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.

• Jeremiah 48:7

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

• Hosea 5:13

  “When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.

• Hosea 7:11

  “Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.

• Zechariah 4:6

  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.

• Matthew 26:35

  Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you.” All of the disciples also said likewise.

• Mark 10:24

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

• Luke 22:33

  He said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!”

• Luke 22:34

  He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow today until you deny that you know me three times.”

• John 13:37

  Peter said to him, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

• John 13:38

  Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for me? Most certainly I tell you, the rooster won’t crow until you have denied me three times.

• Romans 12:16

  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

  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,