11 Bible Verses about Trusting Others

And if you have not been trustworthy with what belongs to someone else, who will give you something of your own?

Then Jesus told this parable to certain ones who were relying on their own goodness and putting everyone else down:

This was so that your faith would not [have to] depend on men's wisdom, but on God's power.

[Jesus continued], "Do not allow your hearts to be upset. You should believe in God, and believe in me also.

But Jesus would not trust Himself to them [i.e., to the care of these Jewish leaders] because He knew all men,

Actually, we felt within us that we had [already] received a death sentence, so that we could [learn] not to trust in ourselves but in God, who raises the dead.

For the Scripture says [Isa. 28:16], "Whoever believes in Him [i.e., Christ] will not be put to shame." [i.e., he will never have unforgiven sin brought up against him]

"The person who is trustworthy in regard to very small matters, [such as material possessions] is also [likely to be] trustworthy in regard to large matters, [such as spiritual values], and the person who does not do what is right in very small matters is also not [likely] to do what is right in large ones.

However I, myself, have [reasons for such] confidence in the flesh. [But] if any other person has [reasons for placing] confidence in the flesh, I have more [reasons].

Instead, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the Gospel. So, we speak, not trying to please people but God, who examines [the motives of] our hearts.

May God, [the source] of hope, fill you with complete joy and peace as you believe [in Christ], so that you may have an abundance of hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.