'Trust' in the Bible
“They will consume your harvest and [eat up] your bread;They will consume your sons and your daughters;They will consume your flocks and your herds;They will consume your vines and your fig trees.With the sword they will break down and demolish your fortified cities in which you trust.
Do not trust in the deceptive and lying words [of the false prophets who claim that Jerusalem will be protected by God because of the temple], saying, ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’
“Behold, you are trusting in deceptive and useless words that bring no benefit.
therefore, I will do to this house (the temple) which is called by My Name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave you and your fathers, just as I did to Shiloh.
“Let everyone beware of his neighborAnd do not trust any brother.For every brother is a supplanter [like Jacob, a deceiver, ready to grab his brother’s heel],And every neighbor goes around as a slanderer.
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen now, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.
“Send [this message] to all the exiles, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah of Nehelam, “Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, although I did not send him, and he has made you trust in a lie,”
For I will certainly rescue you; and you will not fall by the sword, but you will have your [own] life as a reward of battle, because you have placed your trust in Me,” says the Lord.’”
The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I am going to punish Amon [chief god of the sacred city] of Thebes [the capital of Upper Egypt], and Pharaoh, and Egypt along with her gods and her kings—even Pharaoh and those who put their trust in him [as a shield against Babylon].
“Leave your orphans behind; I will [do what is needed to] keep them alive.And let [those who are] your widows trust and confide in Me.”
“A drought on her waters, and they will dry up!For it is a land of [worthless] idols,And they are mad over fearsome idols [those objects of terror in which they foolishly trust].
Related Words
Bible Theasaurus
- Bank (39 instances)
- Believe (267 instances)
- Combine (2 instances)
- Commit (177 instances)
- Confide (35 instances)
- Confidence (168 instances)
- Desire (651 instances)
- Entrust (17 instances)
- Faith (788 instances)
- Hope (316 instances)
- Reliance (23 instances)
- Rely (119 instances)
- Swear (127 instances)
- Trust (351 instances)
Reverse Interlinear
Pisteuo
'uwlam
'ak
'emuwnah
'aman
'emeth
Batach
Galal
Related Readings
Related Topics
- Attitudes Of Trust
- Entrusting
- Faith And Trust
- Friendship And Trust
- God's Trustworthiness
- Trust
- Trust In God!
- Trust In Relationships
- Trust, Importance Of
- Trust, Lack Of
- Trusting
- Trusting Deceptive Things
- Trusting God And Not Worrying
- Trusting God In Difficult Times
- Trusting God's Plan
- Trusting God's Will
- Trusting Idols
- Trusting In Chariots
- Trusting In God
- Trusting In God's Love
- Trusting In God's Presence
- Trusting In Man, Warnings Against
- Trusting In Works
- Trusting Other People
- Trusting Others
- Trusting Riches
- Trusting Yourself
- Trustworthiness
- Trustworthy
- Distrust