Trust in him, and he will help you; make your ways straight and hope in him.

You who fear the Lord, trust in him, and your reward will not be lost.

Consider the generations of old and see: Has anyone trusted in the Lord and been disappointed? Or has anyone persevered in the fear of the Lord and been forsaken? Or has anyone called upon him and been neglected?

Woe to the fainthearted who have no trust! Therefore they will have no shelter.

For at first she will walk with them in disguise; she will bring fear and dread upon them and will torment them by her discipline until she trusts them, and she will test them with her ordinances.

When you gain friends, gain them through testing, and do not trust them hastily.

Do you have a wife who pleases you? Do not divorce her, but do not trust yourself to one whom you detest.

Do not wonder at the works of a sinner, but trust in the Lord and keep at your job, for it is easy in the sight of the Lord to make the poor person suddenly rich, in an instant.

Never trust your enemy, for like corrosion in copper, so is his wickedness.

Do not try to treat them as equals or trust their lengthy conversations, for they will test you by prolonged talk, and while they smile they will be examining you.

Do not trust in their survival or rely on their numbers, for one can be better than a thousand, and to die childless is better than to have ungodly children.

Against Loose Talk

One who trusts quickly has a shallow mind, and one who sins does wrong to himself.

Gain the trust of your neighbor in his poverty, so that you may rejoice with him in his prosperity. Stand by him in time of distress, so that you may share with him in his inheritance.

Seek a fertile field within the whole plain, and sow it with your own seed, trusting in your fine stock.

People bless those who are liberal with food, and the testimony to their generosity is trustworthy.

The one who keeps the law preserves himself, and the one who trusts the Lord will not suffer loss.

The sensible person will trust in the law, for such a one the law is as dependable as a divine oracle.

Without such deceptions the law will be fulfilled, and wisdom is complete in a trustworthy mouth.

Reward those who wait for you, and let your prophets be found trustworthy.

For who will trust a nimble robber who skips from city to city? So who will trust a man who has no nest but lodges wherever nighttime finds him?

The wise instruct their own people, and the fruits of their good sense are trustworthy.

By his faithfulness he was proved to be a prophet, and by his words he became known as a trustworthy seer.

For Hezekiah did what was pleasing to the Lord, and he kept firmly to the ways of his ancestor David, as he was commanded by the prophet Isaiah, who was great and trustworthy in his visions.