Topic
False Confidence
36 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 11:4Nave INSTANCES OF — At Babel
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.
- Deuteronomy 29:19Nave In self
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:
- 1 Kings 20:11Nave In self
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.
- 2 Kings 19:23Nave INSTANCES OF — Sennacherib, in the siege of Jerusalem
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…
- 2 Chronicles 16:7–9Nave INSTANCES OF — Asa, in relying on Syria rather than on God
¶ 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. Were not the…
- Psalms 20:7Nave In outward resources
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
- Psalms 33:16Nave In man
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
- Psalms 33:17Nave In outward resources
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
- Psalms 44:6Nave In outward resources
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
- Psalms 49:6Nave In outward resources
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
- Psalms 62:9Nave In man
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 118:8Nave In man
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
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- Psalms 146:3 Nave In man
- Psalms 146:4 Nave In man
- Proverbs 3:5 Nave In self
- Proverbs 11:28 Nave In outward resources
- Proverbs 23:4 Nave In self
- Proverbs 26:12 Nave In self
- Proverbs 28:26 Nave In self
- Isaiah 2:22 Nave In man
- Isaiah 5:21 Nave In self
- Isaiah 22:11 Nave In outward resources
- Isaiah 31:1–3 Nave In outward resources
- Jeremiah 17:5 Nave In man
- Jeremiah 48:7 Nave In outward resources
- Hosea 5:13 Nave In man
- Hosea 7:11 Nave In man
- Zechariah 4:6 Nave In outward resources
- Matthew 26:35 Nave INSTANCES OF — Peter, in asserting his devotion to Jesus
- Mark 10:24 Nave In outward resources
- Luke 22:33 Nave INSTANCES OF — Peter, in asserting his devotion to Jesus
- Luke 22:34 Nave INSTANCES OF — Peter, in asserting his devotion to Jesus
- John 13:37 Nave INSTANCES OF — Peter, in asserting his devotion to Jesus
- John 13:38 Nave INSTANCES OF — Peter, in asserting his devotion to Jesus
- Romans 12:16 Nave In self
- 2 Corinthians 1:9 Nave In self
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 37 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → In self De 29:19; 1Ki 20:11; Pr 3:5; 23:4; 26:12; 28:26; Isa 5:21; Ro 12:16; 2Co 1:9
- → In outward resources Ps 20:7; 33:17; 44:6; 49:6; Pr 11:28; Isa 22:11; 31:1-3; Jer 48:7; Zec 4:6; Mr 10:24
- → In man Ps 33:16; 62:9; 118:8; 146:3,4; Isa 2:22; Jer 17:5; Ho 5:13; 7:11
- → INSTANCES OF
- At Babel Ge 11:4
- Sennacherib, in the siege of Jerusalem 2Ki 19:23
- Asa, in relying on Syria rather than on God 2Ch 16:7-9
- Hezekiah, in the defenses of Jerusalem Isa 22:11
- Peter, in asserting his devotion to Jesus Mt 26:35; Lu 22:33,34; Joh 13:37,38
- See CONFIDENCE, FALSE
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.