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Words of Wisdom
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And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
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Judges 9:26
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And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
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2 Kings 18:19-21
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Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
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Job 4:6-8
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His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
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Job 18:14
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If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
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Job 31:24-28
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By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
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Psalms 65:5-7
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It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
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Psalms 118:8, 9
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For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
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Proverbs 3:26
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In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
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Proverbs 14:26
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A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
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Proverbs 21:22
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Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
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Proverbs 25:19
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For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
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Isaiah 30:15
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And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
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Isaiah 36:4-6
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Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
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Jeremiah 2:37
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And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
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Jeremiah 48:13
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And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
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Ezekiel 28:26
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And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
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Ezekiel 29:16
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Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
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Micah 7:5
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Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
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Acts 28:31
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And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.
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2 Corinthians 1:15, 16
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And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
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2 Corinthians 2:3
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I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.
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2 Corinthians 7:16
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And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.
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2 Corinthians 8:22
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But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
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2 Corinthians 10:2
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That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
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2 Corinthians 11:17
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I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
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Galatians 5:10
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In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
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Ephesians 3:12
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And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
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Philippians 1:25, 26
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For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
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Philippians 3:3-6
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And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
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2 Thessalonians 3:4
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Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
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Philemon 1:21
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But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
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Hebrews 3:6
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For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
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Hebrews 3:14, 15
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Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
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Hebrews 10:35
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And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
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1 John 2:28
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Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
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1 John 3:21
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And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
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1 John 5:14, 15
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