Now Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.

Then the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: “What confidence is this in which you trust?

Is not your reverence your confidence? And the integrity of your ways your hope?

Whose confidence shall be cut off, And whose trust is a spider’s web.

“If I have made gold my hope, Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’;

A Song of Confidence in God’s Triumph over Evil

Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

Prayer with Confidence in Final Salvation

A Prayer of David.

Hear a just cause, O Lord, Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips.

The Confidence of the Foolish

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,

By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us, O God of our salvation, You who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of the far-off seas;

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

It is better to trust in the Lord Than to put confidence in princes.

For the Lord will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being caught.

In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, And His children will have a place of refuge.

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint.

Futile Confidence in Egypt

“Woe to the rebellious children,” says the Lord, “Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, That they may add sin to sin;

For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: “In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” But you would not,

Then the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: “What confidence is this in which you trust?

Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, As the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.

No longer shall it be the confidence of the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity when they turned to follow them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God.” ’ ”

Do not trust in a friend; Do not put your confidence in a companion; Guard the doors of your mouth From her who lies in your bosom.

preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no one forbidding him.

Sparing the Church

And in this confidence I intended to come to you before, that you might have a second benefit—

Forgive the Offender

And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.

Therefore I rejoice that I have confidence in you in everything.

And we have sent with them our brother whom we have often proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, because of the great confidence which we have in you.