27 Bible Verses about Trusting Other People
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This is what the Lord says:
The man who trusts in mankind,
who makes human flesh his strength
and turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.
Put no more trust in man,
who has only the breath in his nostrils.
What is he really worth?
For we are the circumcision, the ones who serve by the Spirit of God, boast in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh—
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
and who depend on horses!
They trust in the abundance of chariots
and in the large number of horsemen.
They do not look to the Holy One of Israel
and they do not seek the Lord’s help.
Do not trust in nobles,
in man, who cannot save.
You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice;
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your own way
and in your large number of soldiers,
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in man.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in nobles.
Do not rely on a friend;
don’t trust in a close companion.
Seal your mouth
from the woman who lies in your arms.
Even my friend in whom I trusted,
one who ate my bread,
has raised his heel against me.
Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult time
is like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot.
Moreover, you will be led out from here
with your hands on your head
since the Lord has rejected those you trust;
you will not succeed even with their help.
Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the lords of Shechem trusted him.
Then the Benjaminites realized they had been defeated.
The men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin, because they were confident in the ambush they had set against Gibeah.
Look, you are now trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will enter and pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. This is how Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who trust in him.
How then can you drive back a single officer among the least of my master’s servants and trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Look, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will enter and pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. This is how Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who trust in him.
How then can you drive back a single officer among the weakest of my master’s officers and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself detestable to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
It will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, drawing attention to their sin of turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.”
For to begin with, I hear that when you come together as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overcome with joy in all our afflictions.
We have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do what we command.
We have also sent with them our brother. We have often tested him in many circumstances and found him to be diligent—and now even more diligent because of his great confidence in you.
in that day when He comes to be glorified by His saints and to be admired by all those who have believed, because our testimony among you was believed.
