False confidence
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In self
Deut 29:19; 1 Kgs 20:11; Prov 3:5; 23:4; 26:12; 28:26; Isa 5:21; Rom 12:16; 2 Cor 1:9
19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
Deuteronomy 29:1911 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
1 Kings 20:115 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 3:54 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Proverbs 23:412 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs 26:1226 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
Proverbs 28:2621 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Isaiah 5:2116 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.
Romans 12:169 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
2 Corinthians 1:9 -
In outward resources
Ps 20:7; 33:17; 44:6; 49:6; Prov 11:28; Isa 22:11; 31:1–3; Jer 48:7; Zech 4:6; Mark 10:24
7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Psalms 20:717 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
Psalms 33:176 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
Psalms 44:66 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
Psalms 49:628 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Proverbs 11:2811 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.
Isaiah 22:111 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! 2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
Isaiah 31:17 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
Jeremiah 48:76 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
Zechariah 4:624 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
Mark 10:24 -
In man
Ps 33:16; 62:9; 118:8; 146:3, 4; Isa 2:22; Jer 17:5; Hos 5:13; 7:11
16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Psalms 33:169 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Psalms 62:98 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Psalms 118:83 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Psalms 146:34 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Psalms 146:422 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Isaiah 2:225 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:513 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
Hosea 5:1311 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Hosea 7:11 - Instances of
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At Babel
Gen 11:4
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Genesis 11:4 -
Sennacherib, in the siege of Jerusalem
2 Kgs 19:23
23 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.
2 Kings 19:23 -
Asa, in relying on Syria rather than on God
2 Chr 16:7–9
7 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. 8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand. 9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
2 Chronicles 16:7 -
Hezekiah, in the defenses of Jerusalem
Isa 22:11
11 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.
Isaiah 22:11 -
Peter, in asserting his devotion to Jesus
Matt 26:35; Luke 22:33, 34; John 13:37, 38
35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
Matthew 26:3533 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.
Luke 22:3334 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
Luke 22:3437 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
John 13:3738 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.
John 13:38 - See Confidence, false
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
