22 Bible Verses about False Confidence

Charge those who are rich in this present age, not to be high-minded, nor to have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, Who giveth us richly all things for enjoyment;

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.' But God said to him, 'Senseless one! this night they require your soul of you; and the things you prepared, whose shall they be?'

Therefore, let no one glory in men; for all things are yours;

thinking the same thing one toward another; minding not lofty things, but being carried along with the lowly. Be ye not wise in your own conceits;

yea, we ourselves had in ourselves the sentence of death, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God, Who raiseth the dead;

And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus, again answering, saith to them, "Children, how difficult it is [for those who trust in riches] to enter into the Kingdom of God!

Now, the bridegroom tarrying, they all became drowsy, and were sleeping;

But Peter said to Him, "If even all should be made to stumble, yet will not I!" And Jesus saith to him, "Verily I say to you, that you today, in this night, before the cock crows twice, will thrice deny Me." But he kept saying with great vehemence, "If I must die with Thee, I will not deny Thee!" And in like manner also said they all.

But Peter, answering, said to Him, "If all should be made to stumble because of Thee, I will never be made to stumble." Jesus said to him, "Verily I say to you, that this night, before a cock crows, you will thrice deny Me." Peter says to Him, "Even if I must die with Thee, I will not deny Thee." Likewise also said all the disciples.

And he said to Him, "Lord, I am ready to go with Thee, both to prison and to death."

Peter says to Him, "Why can I not follow Thee even now? I will lay down my soul for Thee."

Take heed, therefore, lest the light in you be darkness.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.'

"And, as it happened in the days of Noah, so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man: they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, until the day on which Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise, also, as it happened in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;read more.
but on the day on which Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all: after the same manner shall it be in the day the Son of Man is revealed.

And He spake also this parable to some who had trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised the rest: Two men went up into the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-collector. The Pharisee, having taken his stand, was praying these things with himself: 'God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-collector!read more.
I fast twice on the Sabbath; I give a tenth of all that I acquire.' "But the tax-collector, standing afar off, would not lift up even his eyes to heaven, but was smiting his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!' I say to you, this man went down justified to his house, rather than the other; because every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, but he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

Think not that I will accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you, Moses on whom ye have set your hope.

And do you reckon this, O man, who judge those who practice such things, and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God?

Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man sows, the same shall be also reap;

When they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in nowise escape.

Come now, ye who say, "To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend one year there, and trade, and get gain," (ye who, indeed, know nothing of to-morrow! what is your life? for ye are a vapor that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away); instead of your saying, "If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that."

As much as she glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, so much torment and mourning give her; because she says in her heart, 'I sit a queen, and am not a widow, and shall in nowise see mourning.'