Confidence

For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. — read the full passage →

He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

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

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: — read the full passage →

In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? — read the full passage →

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — read the full passage →

For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, — read the full passage →

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. — read the full passage →

A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. — read the full passage →

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. — read the full passage →

Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. — read the full passage →

Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the Lord hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

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

There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. — read the full passage →

And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

Give us day by day our daily bread.

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. — read the full passage →

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: — read the full passage →

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.

And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. — read the full passage →

Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, — read the full passage →

And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.

In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. — read the full passage →

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?

How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

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

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

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

And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. — read the full passage →

By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. — read the full passage →

How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. — read the full passage →

Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. — read the full passage →

Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.