Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Confidence » Who not to put your confidence in
[It is] better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust in humans. [It is] better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust princes.
false Confidence » In man
The king [is] not saved by [the] greatness of an army. The warrior is not delivered by [the] greatness of strength.
And [when] Ephraim saw his illness, and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria, he sent to the great king. But he was unable to cure you and heal your wound.
Ephraim was like a dove, silly, {without sense}; they call [to] Egypt, they go [to] Assyria.
Only a vapor [are] men of low degree, a deception [are] men of high degree. {Weighed} in a balance, together they [are lighter] than a vapor.
Turn away from humanity, who [has] breath in its nostrils, for by what [is] it esteemed?
Thus says Yahweh, "Cursed [is] the person who trusts in humankind and makes flesh his {strength}, and turns aside his heart from Yahweh.
[It is] better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust in humans.
Do not place trust in princes, in a son of humankind with whom there is no deliverance. His breath departs; he returns to his plot; on that day his plans perish.
God » Trust in » Exhortations to
Trust Yahweh and do good. Abide [in the] land and feed on faithfulness.
{Commit to} Yahweh your way; Trust also on him and he will act.
Trust in Yahweh forever, for in Yah, Yahweh [you have] an everlasting rock.
{Trust Yahweh} with all your heart; do not lean toward your own understanding.
[It is] better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust in humans.
Who among you [is] in fear of Yahweh, obeys the voice of his servant? Who walks [in] darkness and has no light, trusts in the name of Yahweh and depends on his God?
[You who] fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh; he [is] their help and their shield.
Man » No trust to be placed in
Turn away from humanity, who [has] breath in its nostrils, for by what [is] it esteemed?
[It is] better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust in humans.
Trust » Who not to trust in
But [we] ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we would not be putting confidence in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,
"Let everyone be on your guard against his neighbor, and you must not trust in any brother, for everyone surely betrays, and every neighbor goes about [with] slander. And everyone deceives his neighbor, and they do not speak [the] truth, they have taught their tongues to speak lies, they are tired [from] going astray. Your dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, upon deceit they refuse to know me," {declares} Yahweh.
[It is] better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust in humans. [It is] better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust princes.
Do not place trust in princes, in a son of humankind with whom there is no deliverance.
Woe is me! For I have become like the gatherings of summer, like the gleanings of the grape harvest, [when] there is no cluster of grapes to eat [or] early ripened fruit [that] my soul desires. The faithful [person] has perished from the land, and there is none who is upright among humankind. All of them lie in wait; each hunts his brother [with] a net. Their hands [are] upon evil, to do [it] well; the official and the judge ask for the bribe, and the great [man] utters the evil desire of his soul; and they weave [it] together. read more.
The best of them [is] like a brier; [the most] upright [worse] than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchman, your punishment, has come; now their confusion will come. Do not put faith in a friend; put no trust in a close friend. Guard the doorways of your mouth from the one who lies in your lap. For a son treats a father with contempt; a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; [the] enemies of a man [are] the men of his own house.
The best of them [is] like a brier; [the most] upright [worse] than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchman, your punishment, has come; now their confusion will come. Do not put faith in a friend; put no trust in a close friend. Guard the doorways of your mouth from the one who lies in your lap. For a son treats a father with contempt; a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; [the] enemies of a man [are] the men of his own house.
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in man
[It is] better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust in humans. [It is] better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust princes.
And Gaal son of Ebel and his relatives came, and they crossed over into Shechem, and the lords of Shechem {gave him confidence}.
Trust in God » Exhortations to
Trust Yahweh and do good. Abide [in the] land and feed on faithfulness.
{Commit to} Yahweh your way; Trust also on him and he will act.
Trust in Yahweh forever, for in Yah, Yahweh [you have] an everlasting rock.
{Trust Yahweh} with all your heart; do not lean toward your own understanding.
[It is] better to take refuge in Yahweh than to trust in humans.
Who among you [is] in fear of Yahweh, obeys the voice of his servant? Who walks [in] darkness and has no light, trusts in the name of Yahweh and depends on his God?
[You who] fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh; he [is] their help and their shield.