27 Bible Verses about Trusting Other People
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This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind, who makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
"Stop trusting in human beings, whose life breath is in their nostrils, for what are they really worth?"
For it is we who are the circumcision we who worship in the Spirit of God and find our joy in the Messiah Jesus. We have not placed any confidence in the flesh,
"How terrible it will be for those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the chariot, because there are so many, and in charioteers, because they are so strong but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or seek the LORD!
Do not look to nobles, nor to mere human beings who cannot save.
You have plowed evil; you have reaped unrighteousness; you have eaten the fruit of hypocrisy; because you trusted in your own direction, and in the number of your mighty forces.
It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in people.
It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in princes.
Don't trust your friends, don't confide in a companion, watch what you say to your wife.
As for my best friend, the one in whom I trusted, the one who ate my bread, even he has insulted me!
A bad tooth and an unsteady foot that's what confidence in an unreliable man is like in a time of trouble.
You will also go out from this place with your hands over your heads. For the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you won't prosper through them."
Meanwhile, Ebed's son Gaal arrived with his relatives and crossed over into Shechem. The "lords" of Shechem put their faith in him.
Then the descendants of Benjamin realized that they had been defeated. The army of Israel pretended to retreat from the army of Benjamin, knowing that they had set some soldiers in ambush near Gibeah.
""Now who are you relying on, that you have rebelled against me? Look, you're trusting on Egypt to lean on like a staff, but it's a crushed reed, and if you lean on it, it will collapse and pierce your hand. Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is just like that to everyone who relies on him!
How can you refuse even one official from the least of my master's servants and rely on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
Take note: you're relying on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff, which pierces the palm of anyone who leans on it. This is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like to everybody who depends on him!
How, then, can you repulse even one officer from the least of my master's officials, when you are depending for yourselves on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
Achish believed David, telling himself, "He has certainly made himself repulsive to his people in Israel. He will be my servant forever."
Egypt will never again be a source of confidence to the nation of Israel. Instead, Egypt will serve as a reminder of when they sinned by turning to Egypt for help. Then they'll know that I am the Lord GOD.'"
For in the first place, I hear that when you gather as a church there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it.
I have great confidence in you. I am very proud of you. I am very much encouraged. I am overjoyed in all our troubles.
We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do what we command.
We have also sent with them our brother whom we have often tested in many ways and found to be dedicated. At present he is more dedicated than ever because he has so much confidence in you.
when he comes to be glorified by his saints and to be regarded with wonder on that day by all who have believed including you, because you believed our testimony.
