102 Bible Verses about False Confidence

Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?

Thus says the LORD: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the LORD.

Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,

Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.' But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'

So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,

The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength. The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue.

Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth."

Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!

I hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD.

"Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail.

one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, 'I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.' This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike.

And the king of Israel answered, "Tell him, 'Let not him who straps on his armor boast himself as he who takes it off.'"

Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist.

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.Never be wise in your own sight.

Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue.

those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?

You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the LORD! And yet he is wise and brings disaster; he does not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers and against the helpers of those who work iniquity. The Egyptians are man, and not God, and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out his hand, the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall, and they will all perish together.

For, because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you also shall be taken; and Chemosh shall go into exile with his priests and his officials.

Then he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.

And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God!

The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.

It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to the great king. But he is not able to cure you or heal your wound.

Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.

Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the LORD our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit,

Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last."

Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his payment.

Then I thought, 'I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand,

He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity."

As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."

For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.

"See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!"

Oh, grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man!

Oh grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man!

One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless.

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

A rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his imagination.

Many seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the LORD that a man gets justice.

"Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread.

and all the people will know, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:

Because you have said, "We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter";

"Ah, stubborn children," declares the LORD, "who carry out a plan, but not mine, and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin;

who say to the seers, "Do not see," and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us what is right; speak to us smooth things, prophesy illusions,

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the LORD!

You said, "I shall be mistress forever," so that you did not lay these things to heart or remember their end.

"Come," they say, "let me get wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure."

When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you! The wind will carry them off, a breath will take them away. But he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land and shall inherit my holy mountain.

for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.

Truly the hills are a delusion, the orgies on the mountains. Truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.

They shall eat up your harvest and your food; they shall eat up your sons and your daughters; they shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; your fortified cities in which you trust they shall beat down with the sword."

They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.

They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.

"If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?

Then I said: "Ah, Lord GOD, behold, the prophets say to them, 'You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.'"

"Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, O rock of the plain, declares the LORD; you who say, 'Who shall come down against us, or who shall enter our habitations?'

They say continually to those who despise the word of the LORD, 'It shall be well with you'; and to everyone who stubbornly follows his own heart, they say, 'No disaster shall come upon you.'"

Why do you boast of your valleys, O faithless daughter, who trusted in her treasures, saying, 'Who will come against me?'

Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; in our watching we watched for a nation which could not save.

Then he said to me, "Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his room of pictures? For they say, 'The LORD does not see us, the LORD has forsaken the land.'"

Precisely because they have misled my people, saying, 'Peace,' when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a wall, these prophets smear it with whitewash,

Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD. "Because you have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel,

Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all her helpers are broken.

Strangers devour his strength, and he knows it not; gray hairs are sprinkled upon him, and he knows it not.

You have plowed iniquity; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your warriors,

Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.

Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will say no more, 'Our God,' to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy."

"Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes!

you who rejoice in Lo-debar, who say, "Have we not by our own strength captured Karnaim for ourselves?"

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, 'Disaster shall not overtake or meet us.'

Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the LORD and say, "Is not the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us."

At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, 'The LORD will not do good, nor will he do ill.'

This is the exultant city that lived securely, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is no one else." What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild beasts! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.

As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.

Peter said to him, "Even though they all fall away, I will not." And Jesus said to him, "Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." But he said emphatically, "If I must die with you, I will not deny you." And they all said the same.

Peter answered him, "Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away." Jesus said to him, "Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you!" And all the disciples said the same.

Peter said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death."

Peter said to him, "Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you."

Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.'

Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot--they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,read more.
but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all-- so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayedthus: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.read more.
I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.' But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope.

Do you suppose, O man--you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself--that you will escape the judgment of God?

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"-- yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."

As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.'