'Confident' in the Bible
Then Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid! Take your stand [be firm and confident and undismayed] and see the salvation of the Lord which He will accomplish for you today; for those Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see again.
Be strong and confident and courageous, for you will give this people as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers (ancestors) to give them.
“He makes my feet like the doe’s feet [firm and swift];He sets me [secure and confident] on my high places.
Hezekiah trusted in and relied confidently on the Lord, the God of Israel; so that after him there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him.
“Then you would trust [with confidence], because there is hope;You would look around you and rest securely.
“If a river rages and overflows, he does not tremble;He is confident, though the Jordan [River] swells and rushes against his mouth.
In peace [and with a tranquil heart] I will both lie down and sleep,For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety and confident trust.
But I have trusted and relied on and been confident in Your lovingkindness and faithfulness;My heart shall rejoice and delight in Your salvation.
For the king [confidently] trusts in the Lord,And through the lovingkindness (faithfulness, goodness) of the Most High he will never be shaken.
In You our fathers trusted [leaned on, relied on, and were confident];They trusted and You rescued them.
O my God, in You I [have unwavering] trust [and I rely on You with steadfast confidence],Do not let me be ashamed or my hope in You be disappointed;Do not let my enemies triumph over me.
Though an army encamp against me,My heart will not fear;Though war arise against me,Even in this I am confident.
But as for me, I trust [confidently] in You and Your greatness, O Lord;I said, “You are my God.”
For in Him our heart rejoices,Because we trust [lean on, rely on, and are confident] in His holy name.
Trust [rely on and have confidence] in the Lord and do good;Dwell in the land and feed [securely] on His faithfulness.
Commit your way to the Lord;Trust in Him also and He will do it.
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;Many will see and fear [with great reverence]And will trust confidently in the Lord.
Even my own close friend in whom I trusted,Who ate my bread,Has lifted up his heel against me [betraying me].
This is the fate of those who are foolishly confident,And of those after them who approve [and are influenced by] their words. Selah.
In God have I put my trust and confident reliance; I will not be afraid.What can man do to me?
Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious and merciful to me,For my soul finds shelter and safety in You,And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge and be confidently secureUntil destruction passes by.
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast and confident!I will sing, yes, I will sing praises [to You]!
He led them safely, so that they did not fear;But the sea engulfed their enemies.
He will not fear bad news;His heart is steadfast, trusting [confidently relying on and believing] in the Lord.
O Israel, trust and take refuge in the Lord! [Be confident in Him, cling to Him, rely on His word!]He is their help and their shield.
“But whoever listens to me (Wisdom) will live securely and in confident trustAnd will be at ease, without fear or dread of evil.”
Trust in and rely confidently on the Lord with all your heartAnd do not rely on your own insight or understanding.
Then you will walk on your way [of life] securelyAnd your foot will not stumble.
He who leans on and trusts in and is confident in his riches will fall,But the righteous [who trust in God’s provision] will flourish like a green leaf.
A wise man suspects danger and cautiously avoids evil,But the fool is arrogant and careless.
He who pays attention to the word [of God] will find good,And blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is he who trusts [confidently] in the Lord.
He who trusts confidently in his own heart is a [dull, thickheaded] fool,But he who walks in [skillful and godly] wisdom will be rescued.
(The Bridegroom)“I have come into my garden, my sister, my [promised] bride;I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam and spice [from your sweet words].I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;I have drunk my wine with my milk.Eat, friends;Drink and drink deeply, O lovers.”
Rise up, you women who are carefree,And hear my voice,You confident and unsuspecting daughters!Listen to what I am saying.
And the effect of righteousness will be peace,And the result of righteousness will be quietness and confident trust forever.
Who is among you who fears the Lord,Who obeys the voice of His Servant,Yet who walks in darkness and has no light?Let him trust and be confident in the name of the Lord and let him rely on his God.
Also the tree of the field will yield its fruit and the earth will yield its produce; and My people will be secure on their land. Then they will know [with confidence] that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and have rescued them from the hand of those who made them slaves.
But as for me, I will look expectantly for the Lord and with confidence in Him I will keep watch;I will wait [with confident expectation] for the God of my salvation.My God will hear me.
She did not listen and heed the voice [of God];She accepted no correction.She did not trust in the Lord [but trusted her own power];She did not draw near to her God [but to the pagan gods of Baal or Molech].
“But I will leave among youA humble and lowly people,And they will take refuge and trust confidently in the name of the Lord.
For this reason I am telling you, whatever things you ask for in prayer [in accordance with God’s will], believe [with confident trust] that you have received them, and they will be given to you.
He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves and were confident that they were righteous [posing outwardly as upright and in right standing with God], and who viewed others with contempt:
I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace. In the world you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but be courageous [be confident, be undaunted, be filled with joy]; I have overcome the world.” [My conquest is accomplished, My victory abiding.]
I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation [from His wrath and punishment] to everyone who believes [in Christ as Savior], to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
and [if you] are confident that you are a [qualified] guide to the blind [those untaught in theology], a light to those who are in darkness,
This righteousness of God comes through faith in Jesus Christ for all those [Jew or Gentile] who believe [and trust in Him and acknowledge Him as God’s Son]. There is no distinction,
and endurance, proven character (spiritual maturity); and proven character, hope and confident assurance [of eternal salvation].
And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His promises], hope [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish love for others growing out of God’s love for me], these three [the choicest graces]; but the greatest of these is love.
And our hope for you [our confident expectation of good for you] is firmly grounded [assured and unshaken], since we know that just as you share as partners in our sufferings, so also you share as partners in our comfort.
He rescued us from so great a threat of death, and will continue to rescue us. On Him we have set our hope. And He will again rescue us [from danger and draw us near],
And I wrote this same thing to you, so that when I came, I would not be filled with sorrow by those who ought to make me glad, for I trusted in you and felt confident that my joy would be shared by all of you.
Since we have such a [glorious] hope and confident expectation, we speak with great courage,
So then, being always filled with good courage and confident hope, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord—
we are [as I was saying] of good courage and confident hope, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of yourselves—will be humiliated for being so confident.
You are looking [only] at the outward appearance of things. If anyone is confident that he is Christ’s, he should reflect and consider this, that just as he is Christ’s, so too are we.
We do not go beyond our proper limit, boasting in the work of other men, but we have the hope that as your faith [in Christ and His divine power] continues to grow, our field among you may be greatly expanded [but still within the limits of our commission],
What I say in this confident boasting, I say not as the Lord would [with His authority], but foolishly.
and I trust [confidently] in the Lord that soon I also will be coming to you.
I write to you [perfectly] confident of your obedient compliance, since I know that you will do even more than I ask.
And again [He says],“My trust and confident hope will be placed in Him.”And again,“Here I am, I and the children whom God has given Me.”