102 Bible Verses about False Confidence

Do not put your trust in princes, nor in the son of man in whom there is no salvation.

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding.

Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostril; for in what is he to be esteemed?

So says Jehovah, Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Jehovah.

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool; but whoever walks wisely, he shall be delivered.

Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the perversity of my ambushers will surround me?

He who trusts in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall blossom like a branch.

Charge the rich in this world that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, He offering to us richly all things to enjoy,

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat drink and be merry. But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared?

Therefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours,

The king is not saved by a great army; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. A horse is a vain thing for safety; neither shall he deliver by his great strength.

And they said, Come, let us build us a city and a tower, and its top in the heavens. And let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered upon the face of the whole earth.

Blessed is the man who makes Jehovah his trust and does not turn to the proud, nor to those who turn aside to a lie.

I have hated those who take heed to lying vanities; but I trust in Jehovah.

Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot do any good.

and it happens when he hears the words of this curse, that he shall bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to snatch away the drunken with the thirsty.

And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Do not let him who girds on boast himself like the one who loosens his armor.

Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own understanding.

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

Woe to those wise in their own eyes, and bright in their own sight!

minding the same thing toward one another, not minding high things, but yielding to the lowly. Do not be wise within yourselves.

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of Jehovah our God.

A horse is a vain thing for safety; neither shall he deliver by his great strength.

Those who trust in their wealth, and their many riches, boast themselves.

You also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool; but you have not looked to its Maker, nor saw Him who formed it long ago.

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and lean on horses and trust in chariots, because it is great; and in horsemen, because they are so very strong, but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor do they seek Jehovah! Yet He also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back His Words, but will arise against the house of evil-doers and against the help of those who work iniquity. And Egypt is a man, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not Spirit. When Jehovah shall stretch out His hand, both he who helps shall fall, and he who is helped shall fall down, and they shall all cease together.

For because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you shall also be captured. And Chemosh shall go into exile with his priests and his rulers.

Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the Word of Jehovah to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says Jehovah of Hosts.

And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answering again said to them, Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

The king is not saved by a great army; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

Surely the sons of men are vanity; the sons of men are a lie; they go up in the scales; they are altogether lighter than vanity.

It is better to trust in Jehovah than to trust in man.

His breath goes forth; he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim went to the Assyrian and sent to King Jareb. Yet he could not heal you nor cure you of your wound.

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart; they call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.

lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away today from Jehovah our God, to go serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood,

Lo, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; on which, if a man lean on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no escape, and their hope shall be like the giving up of the spirit.

Let not he being deceived trust in vanity; for vanity shall be his reward.

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days like the sand.

He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation, never in evil!

And in my blessedness I said, I shall never be moved.

For he flatters himself in his own eyes in order to find his iniquity, to hate it.

Behold, the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, he was strong in his wickedness.

Give us help against our foe; for vain is the help of man.

Give us help from trouble; for vain is the deliverance of man.

A wise one fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is sure.

There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end of it is the ways of death.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own mind.

Many seek the ruler's favor; but each man's judgment comes from Jehovah.

Do not say, A conspiracy! to everything of which this people says, A conspiracy! And do not fear their fear, nor be afraid.

And all the people shall know, Ephraim and the people of Samaria, who say in pride and hardness of heart,

Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and we have made a vision with hell; when the overwhelming rod shall pass through, it shall not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood,

Woe to the rebellious sons, says Jehovah, who make advice, but not of Me; and who cover with a covering, but not of My Spirit, that they add sin to sin;

who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy falsehood;

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and lean on horses and trust in chariots, because it is great; and in horsemen, because they are so very strong, but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor do they seek Jehovah!

And you said, I shall be a mistress forever; so you did not lay these things to your heart, nor remembered the latter end of it.

They say, come, Let us take wine, and let us gulp strong drink; and tomorrow shall be like today, and much more abundant.

When you cry, let your gathering deliver you; but the wind shall carry them all away. Vanity shall take them; but he who puts his trust 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, to hew out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.

Truly, for delusion comes from the high hills, tumult on the mountains. Truly, in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.

And they shall eat up your harvest and your bread. They will devour your sons and your daughters. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig-trees. One shall beat down your fortified cities with the sword, those in which you trust.

They have also healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.

For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

If you have run with footmen, and they wore you out, then how can you compete with horses? And if you feel secure in the land of peace, then how will you do in the swelling of the Jordan?

Then I said, Ah, O Lord Jehovah! Behold, the prophets are saying to them, You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine; but I will give you true peace in this place.

Behold, I am against you, O dweller of the valley, rock of the plain, says Jehovah; those who say, Who shall come down against us? Or who shall enter into our homes?

They still say to those who despise Me, Jehovah has said, You shall have peace! And they say to everyone who walks after the stubbornness of his own heart, No evil shall come on you!

Why do you glory in your valley, your flowing valleys, O backsliding daughter? she trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come to me?

While we are, our eyes fail, for our help is vain; in our watching we have watched for a nation; it does not save.

And He said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his image room? For they are saying, Jehovah does not see us; Jehovah has forsaken the earth.

Because, even because they made My people go astray, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and he builds a wall, and lo, others daubed it with lime.

And all the people of Egypt shall know that I am Jehovah, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have set a fire in Egypt and all her helpers shall be destroyed.

Strangers have eaten up his strength, and he does not know. Yea, gray hairs are here and there on him, yet he knows it not.

You have plowed wickedness; you have reaped iniquity; you have eaten the fruit of lies, because you trusted in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men.

Ephraim feeds on wind and follows after the east wind. He daily multiplies lies and cruelty. And they make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses. Nor shall we say any more to the work of our hands, Our gods, for in You the fatherless finds mercy.

Woe to those at ease in Zion, and those trusting in the mountain of Samaria, who are noted as leader of the nations. And the house of Israel came to them.

you who rejoice in nothing, who say, Have we not taken horns to ourselves by our own strength?

All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not draw near, or come in front of us.

Her heads judge for a bribe, and her priests teach for pay, and her prophets divine for silver, yet they will lean on Jehovah and say, Is not Jehovah among us? No evil can come on us!

And it shall be in that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men who are settled on their lees; who say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, nor will He do evil.

This is the rejoicing city, dwelling confidently, who says in her heart, I am, and no other still is. How she has become a ruin, a resting-place for animals! Everyone who passes by her shall hiss; he shall wag his hand.

While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

But Peter said to Him, Although all shall be offended, yet I will not. And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you that today, in this night, before the cock crows twice, you shall deny Me three times. But he spoke the more fervently, If I should die with You, I will not deny You in any way. Also they all said likewise.

Peter answered and said to Him, though all shall be offended because of You, I will never be offended. Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you that this night, before the cock crows, you shall deny Me three times. Peter said to Him, though I should die with You, yet I will not deny You. All the disciples also said the same.

And he said to Him, Lord, I am ready to go with You, both into prison and into death.

Peter said to Him, Lord, why cannot I follow You now? I will lay down my life for Your sake.

Therefore take heed that the light in you is not darkness.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat drink and be merry.

And as it was in the days of Noah, so it also shall be in the days of the Son of Man. They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark; and the flood came and destroyed them all. So also as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;read more.
but the day Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from the heaven and destroyed them all. Even so it shall be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

And He spoke this parable to certain ones who trusted in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed within himself in this way: God, I thank You that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax-collector.read more.
I fast twice on the Sabbath, I give tithes of all that I possess. And standing afar off, the tax-collector would not even lift up his eyes to Heaven, but struck on 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 shall be abased, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.

Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you, Moses, in whom you trust.

And, O man, the one judging those who do such things, and practice them, do you think this, that you shall escape the judgment of God?

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, that he also will reap.

For when they shall say, Peace and safety! Then sudden destruction comes on them, as travail upon a woman with child. And they shall not escape.

Come now, those saying, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city and spend a year there, and we will trade and will make a profit, who do not know of the morrow. For what is your life? For it is a vapor, which appears for a little time, and then disappears. Instead of you saying, If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.

As much as she has glorified herself and has lived in luxury, so much torment and sorrow give her. For she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and I am not a widow; and I do not see mourning at all.