8 Bible Verses about Competence

Not that, of our own selves, sufficient, are we, to reckon anything as of ourselves, but, our sufficiency, is of God; -

My son, let them not depart from thine eyes, guard thou counsel, and purpose: So shall they become life to thy soul, and an adorning to thy neck; Then, shalt thou walk securely in thy way, and, thy foot, shall not stumble;read more.
When thou sittest down, thou shalt have no dread, yea thou shalt lie down, and sweet shall be thy sleep. Be not thou afraid of sudden dread, nor of the desolation of the lawless, when it cometh. For, Yahweh, will be in all thy ways, and will keep thy foot from the snare. Withhold not good from them who ask it, when it is in power of thy hand to do it: Do not say to thy neighbour, Go and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee. Devise not against thy neighbour an injury, seeing that, he, dwelleth securely by thee. Contend not with a man without cause, if he hath dealt thee no wrong. Do not thou envy the man of violence, neither choose thou any of his ways; For, an abomination to Yahweh, is the tortuous man, but, with the upright, he is intimate. The curse of Yahweh, is in the house of the lawless one, but, the home of the righteous, he blesseth. Though at scoffers he scoffeth, yet, to the humbled, he granteth favour. Honour, shall the wise inherit, - but, as for dullards, shame shall carry them away.

The land of Egypt, is, before thee, in the best of the land, cause thou thy father and thy brethren to dwell, - let them dwell in the land of Goshen, And if thou knowest that there are among them men of ability, then shalt thou set them as chieftains of cattle over mine.

But it came to pass, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, it angered him, and he was greatly displeased, - and mocked the Jews; and spake before his brethren, and the army of Samaria, and said, What are, these feeble Jews, doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they bring to life the stones out of the heaps of dust, when, they, have been burned up? Now, Tobiah the Ammonite, was beside him, - so he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox should go up, he would break down their stone wall!

But, such confidence as this, have we, through the Christ, towards God. Not that, of our own selves, sufficient, are we, to reckon anything as of ourselves, but, our sufficiency, is of God; -

But, the God of peace, He that led up from among the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep, with the blood of an age-abiding covenant, - our Lord Jesus, Fit you, by every good work, for the doing of his will, doing within us, that which is well-pleasing, before him through Jesus Christ: to whom be the glory, unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Give diligence, thyself, approved, to present unto God, - a workman not to be put to shame, skillfully handling the word of truth.

Train up a youth, in the direction of his duty, even when he becometh old, he will not depart from it.