27 Bible Verses about Trusting Other People
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The Lord says, "I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the Lord.
Stop trusting in human beings, whose life's breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?
For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials
Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, those who rely on war horses, and trust in Egypt's many chariots and in their many, many horsemen. But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel and do not seek help from the Lord.
Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver!
But you have plowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your chariots; you have relied on your many warriors.
It is better to take shelter in the Lord than to trust in people.
It is better to take shelter in the Lord than to trust in princes.
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don't even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!
Even my close friend whom I trusted, he who shared meals with me, has turned against me.
Like a bad tooth or a foot out of joint, so is confidence in an unfaithful person at the time of trouble.
Moreover, you will come away from Egypt with your hands covering your faces in sorrow and shame because the Lord will not allow your reliance on them to be successful and you will not gain any help from them.
Gaal son of Ebed came through Shechem with his brothers. The leaders of Shechem transferred their loyalty to him.
Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated. The Israelites retreated before Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.
Now look, you must be trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed staff. If a man leans for support on it, it punctures his hand and wounds him. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt does to all who trust in him.
Certainly you will not refuse one of my master's minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.
Look, you must be trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed staff. If someone leans on it for support, it punctures his hand and wounds him. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt does to all who trust in him!
Certainly you will not refuse one of my master's minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.
So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, "He is really hated among his own people in Israel! From now on he will be my servant."
It will never again be Israel's source of confidence, but a reminder of how they sinned by turning to Egypt for help. Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.'"
For in the first place, when you come together as a church I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.
And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing -- and will do -- what we are commanding.
And we are sending with them our brother whom we have tested many times and found eager in many matters, but who now is much more eager than ever because of the great confidence he has in you.
when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired on that day among all who have believed -- and you did in fact believe our testimony.
