8032 trust, lack of
Dictionary of Bible Themes

Forsaking God and relying on other objects of dependence. This is futile and it provokes God's anger. Failure to trust others may be the result of a betrayal of trust in the past.

Jeremiah 2:13

Failure to trust God

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The nature of failure to trust God

Deuteronomy 31:16
Isaiah 8:6; 65:11
Deuteronomy 1:32-33

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Examples of failure to trust God

Deuteronomy 9:23
Psalms 78:21-22
Numbers 20:12
1 Kings 11:4

Moses and Aaron

2 Chronicles 16:7

Solomon

Revelation 3:17

Asa

Hebrews 10:38-39

the church at Laodicea

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The consequences of failure to trust God

Habakkuk 2:4
Leviticus 26:14-20
Jeremiah 13:24-25; 46:25
Hosea 10:13-14
Psalms 40:4

Objects of misplaced trust

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Trust in false gods

Deuteronomy 31:20
Psalms 4:2
Isaiah 42:17; 47:9-10
Isaiah 31:1

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Trust in alliances, real or metaphorical

Isaiah 28:15; 30:1-2
Jeremiah 2:18
Jeremiah 17:5

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Trust in human strength and resources

Psalms 44:6-7; 146:3
Proverbs 3:5; 28:26
Isaiah 2:22; 22:8-11; 30:15-16
Ezekiel 16:15
Micah 6:6-8

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Trust in the outward form of religion

Jeremiah 7:14
Jeremiah 28:15

trust in the temple

John 8:33

trust in false prophecy

Romans 2:17

trust in descent from Abraham

Romans 3:19-20

trust in possession of the law

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Trust in one's own righteousness

Ezekiel 33:13
Luke 18:9
1 Timothy 6:17

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Trust in wealth

Job 31:24-25
Psalms 49:5-6; 52:7; 62:10
Proverbs 11:28
Jeremiah 48:7; 49:4
Luke 12:18-20
Job 15:31

The futility of misplaced trust

See also

Job 8:13-15
Deuteronomy 32:37-38
1 Kings 18:26-29

Futility of trust in false gods

Psalms 115:5-8
Isaiah 37:19
Habakkuk 2:18
Isaiah 64:6

Futility of trust in human resources

Matthew 6:19-20

human righteousness

Colossians 2:8

wealth and possessions

James 4:13-14

human philosophy

Proverbs 25:19

human planning

Isaiah 31:3

Futility of trust in others

Judges 11:20

Failure to trust others

Jeremiah 12:6

See also

Numbers 21:23
Jeremiah 9:4
Micah 7:5-6
Matthew 10:36
Mark 13:12
Acts 15:37-38
2 Timothy 4:14-15

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1025 God, anger of
1050 God, goodness of
5799 bitterness
8331 reliability
8720 double-mindedness
8746 false Christs
8747 false gods
8768 idolatry
8813 riches, spiritual
8834 unbelief
8843 unforgivable sin
Dictionary of Bible Themes
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