52 Bible Verses about Unreliability

They were disloyal and treacherous like their ancestors. They were like arrows shot from a defective bow.

Can a woman forget her nursing child? Will she have no compassion on the child from her womb? Although mothers forget, I will not forget you.

What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.

Yes, we have had the sentence of death within ourselves that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.

Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph. In fact he forgot him.

You did a foolish thing, Samuel told Saul. You did not follow the command of Jehovah your God. If you had, Jehovah would have established your kingdom over Israel from generation to generation (for a very long time). Your kingdom will not last. Jehovah searched for a man after his own heart. Jehovah appointed him as ruler of his people. This is because you did not follow the command of Jehovah.

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to King Jareb. He is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.

When he came to the disciples, they were sleeping. He said to Peter: Could you not watch with me one hour?

He returned to find them sleeping. He said to Peter, Simon why do you sleep? Could you not watch for one hour?

When he finished his prayer he went to the disciples, and found them sleeping because of their sorrow.

This has taken place so that the writings of the prophets will come true. Then all his disciples left him.

They all left him, and fled.

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

Do not trust in princes, in mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. His spirit (Hebrew: ruach, breath, life) departs, he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish (come to an end).

Stop trusting people, whose breath (life) is in their nostrils. How can they be worth anything?

Come here, you refugees from the nations. Ignorant people carry wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save anyone.

You will serve gods that are the work of men's hands. Made of wood and stone. They cannot see, hear, eat or smell.

Their idols are made of silver and gold. Human hands made them. They have mouths, but they cannot speak. They have eyes, but they cannot see. They have ears, but they cannot hear. They have noses, but they cannot smell.read more.
They have hands, but they cannot feel. They have feet, but they cannot walk. They cannot even make a sound with their throats. Those who make idols end up like them. So does everyone who trusts them.

A man too poor to present such an offering selects wood that will not rot. He looks for a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.

They are like scarecrows in cucumber fields. They cannot speak. They must be carried, for they cannot walk! Do not fear them! For they can do no harm and they can do no good.

All mankind is stupid and devoid of knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. His molten images are deceitful, and there is no breath in them. They are worthless, a work of mockery. In the time of their punishment they will perish.

You lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of his house before you and your lords, wives and concubines. They drank wine from them. You praise the gods of silver and gold, of copper, iron, wood, and stone, which you do not see, nor hear, nor know. You have not glorified the God whose hand holds your breath and life.

What is an idol worth after the carver is done? It is merely a false god. Why trust a speechless image made by human hands from wood or metal?

Many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.

Many will come in my name (Greek: onoma: claiming my authority), saying, I am he; and will lead many astray.

He said: Take heed that you are not led astray. Many will come in my name, saying, I am he but the time is not at hand. Do not follow them.

For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. It is written: He catches the wise in their own craftiness (deception). (Job 5:13) And again: Jehovah knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain (useless) (empty). (Psalm 94:11)

The Benjaminites knew they were defeated. The main body of the Israelite army had retreated from the Benjaminites. This is because they relied on the men that were hiding around Gibeah.

He catches the wise with their own craftiness. The plans of schemers are quickly halted.

This is what the Holy One of Israel says: You have rejected this warning, trusted oppression and deceit, and you leaned upon them for support. For that reason your sin will be like a high wall with a bulging crack, ready to fall. All of a sudden it will fall.

No one calls for justice and no one pleads his case truthfully. People trust pointless arguments and speak lies. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.

Therefore the Lord Jehovah says: Because you have made your heart like (consider yourself to be like) the heart of God, I will bring strangers, ruthless nations, upon you. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor.

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.

It is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. (Isaiah 29:14) Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? This is the wisdom of God that the world through its wisdom did not come to know God. God was well pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.

These have, indeed, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body. But these are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

I do not rely on my bow, and my sword will never save me.

David answered: You come out to fight me with a sword and a spear and a dagger. But I come out to fight you in the name of Jehovah of Hosts. He is the Almighty God of Israel's army. You have insulted him!

A mighty army does not save the king. A warrior is not delivered by great strength. A horse is a false hope for victory. It does not deliver anyone by its great strength.

How horrible it will be for those who go to Egypt for help! Cursed are those who rely on very strong warhorses, who depend on many chariots. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel. They do not seek Jehovah.

He said to them: Tell Hezekiah, This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: 'What makes you so confident? You give useless advice about getting ready for war. Whom do you trust for support in your rebellion against me? When you trust Egypt, you trust a broken stick for a staff. If you lean on it, it stabs your hand and goes through it. This is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like for everyone who trusts him.

You rely on your swords (military power). You do disgusting things. You dishonor your neighbor's wife. Should the land be given to you?'

However I will have mercy (compassion) (love) on the house of Judah. I will not save them by bow, or by sword. I will not save them by battle, not by horses, nor by horsemen. However, I will save them by Jehovah their God.

I will overthrow kingdoms and end their power. I will overturn chariots and their drivers; the horses will die, and their riders will kill one another.

Jesus told him: Put your sword in its place. Those who take up the sword will perish by the sword.

He who trusts in his riches will fall. The righteous will flourish as a leaf on a branch.

Do not count on extortion to make you rich. Do not hope to gain anything through robbery. When riches increase, do not depend on them.

Why do you brag about your valleys, your fertile valleys, you unfaithful people? You trust your treasures. You think: Who would attack me?

You looked for much harvest and you received little. When you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? Said Jehovah of Hosts. Because my house lies in waste, while each of you run to his house.

You would go to a pile of grain looking for twenty bushels, but there would be only ten. You would go to draw fifty gallons of wine from a vat and find only twenty. I struck you with scorching winds, mildew and hail to ruin everything you tried to grow, declared Jehovah, but you still did not repent.

Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. Behold! Jehovah will evict her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire.

Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.

He that was sown among thorns hears the word. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.