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Deuteronomy 29:18,19
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood;
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1 Kings 20:11
And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girds on his harness boast himself as he that puts it off.
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2 Kings 18:21
Now, behold, you trust on the staff of this bruised reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him.
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Isaiah 36:6
See, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; where on if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
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Job 11:20
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
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Job 15:31
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompense.
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Job 29:18
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
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Psalm 10:6
He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
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Psalm 20:7,8
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
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Psalm 30:6
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
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Psalm 33:16,17
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
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Psalm 36:2
For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
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Psalm 44:6
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
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Psalm 49:6,7
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
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Psalm 52:7
See, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
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Psalm 60:11
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
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Psalm 108:12
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
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Proverbs 14:16
A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.
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Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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Proverbs 18:11
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
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Proverbs 23:4
Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom.
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Proverbs 26:12
See you a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
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Proverbs 28:26
He that trusts in his own heart is a fool: but whoever walks wisely, he shall be delivered.
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Proverbs 29:26
Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment comes from the LORD.
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Isaiah 2:22
Cease you from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?
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Isaiah 5:21
Woe to them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
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Isaiah 8:12
Say you not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear you their fear, nor be afraid.
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Isaiah 9:9,10
And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
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Isaiah 20:5
And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
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Isaiah 22:11
You made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but you have not looked to the maker thereof, neither had respect to him that fashioned it long ago.
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Isaiah 28:15,18
Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing whip shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
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Isaiah 30:1,2,5,7,10,15,16
Woe to the rebellious children, said the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
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Isaiah 31:1,3
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 to the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
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Isaiah 47:7,8,10
And you said, I shall be a lady for ever: so that you did not lay these things to your heart, neither did remember the latter end of it.
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Isaiah 56:12
Come you, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
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Isaiah 57:13
When you cry, let your companies deliver you; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that puts his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
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Jeremiah 2:13,18,22,23,37
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
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Jeremiah 3:23
Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
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Jeremiah 5:17
And they shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat: they shall eat up your flocks and your herds: they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees: they shall impoverish your fenced cities, wherein you trusted, with the sword.
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Jeremiah 6:14
They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
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Jeremiah 7:8
Behold, you trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
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Jeremiah 8:11
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
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Jeremiah 12:5
If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein you trusted, they wearied you, then how will you do in the swelling of Jordan?
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Jeremiah 14:13
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say to them, You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
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Jeremiah 17:5
Thus said the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from the LORD.
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Jeremiah 21:13
Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, said the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
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Jeremiah 23:17
They say still to them that despise me, The LORD has said, You shall have peace; and they say to every one that walks after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come on you.
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Jeremiah 48:7,11
For because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you shall also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
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Jeremiah 49:4,5
Why glory you in the valleys, your flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come to me?
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Lamentations 4:17
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
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Ezekiel 8:12
Then said he to me, Son of man, have you seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD sees us not; the LORD has forsaken the earth.
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Ezekiel 13:10,11
Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, see, others daubed it with untempered mortar:
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Ezekiel 29:6,7
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
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Ezekiel 30:8
And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.
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Hosea 5:13
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.
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Hosea 7:9-16
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knows it not: yes, gray hairs are here and there on him, yet he knows not.
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Hosea 10:13
You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped iniquity; you have eaten the fruit of lies: because you did trust in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men.
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Hosea 12:1
Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind: he daily increases lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
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Hosea 14:3
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride on horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, You are our gods: for in you the fatherless finds mercy.
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Amos 6:1-7,13
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
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Amos 9:10
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
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Obadiah 1:3
The pride of your heart has deceived you, you that dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that said in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
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Micah 3:11
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean on the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come on us.
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Zephaniah 1:12
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
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Zephaniah 2:15
This is the rejoicing city that dwelled carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passes by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
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Zechariah 4:6
Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, said the LORD of hosts.
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Matthew 25:5
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
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Matthew 26:33-35
Peter answered and said to him, Though all men shall be offended because of you, yet will I never be offended.
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Mark 10:24
And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answers again, and said to them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
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Mark 14:29-31
But Peter said to him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.
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Luke 11:35
Take heed therefore that the light which is in you be not darkness.
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Luke 12:19,20
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
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Luke 17:26-30
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
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Luke 18:9-14
And he spoke this parable to certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
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Luke 22:33,34
And he said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with you, both into prison, and to death.
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John 5:45
Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuses you, even Moses, in whom you trust.
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John 13:37,38
Peter said to him, Lord, why cannot I follow you now? I will lay down my life for your sake.
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Romans 2:3
And think you this, O man, that judge them which do such things, and do the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God?
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Romans 12:16
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.
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1 Corinthians 3:21
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;
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2 Corinthians 1:9
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raises the dead:
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Galatians 6:7,8
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap.
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes on them, as travail on a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
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1 Timothy 6:17
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;
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James 4:13-15
Go to now, you that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
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Revelation 18:7,8
How much she has glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she said in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
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Greek
3982. peitho -- to persuade, to have confidence
... A primary verb; to convince (by argument, true or false); by analogy, to ... to rely
(by inward certainty) -- agree, assure, believe, have confidence, be (wax ...
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Peace
... What are the signs of a false peace? (1.) A false peace has much confidence
in it, but this confidence is conceit. The sinner does ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a body of divinity/7 peace.htm

Letter xvii. --Confidence in God.
... This is that solid and perfect confidence which completely annihilates self-love
by ... This it is that produces the false idea that these sacrifices turn us away ...
/.../de caussade/abandonment to divine providence/letter xvii confidence in god.htm

1 John iv. 1-3
... As there was a false confidence of unquestioning credulity, so might there arise
also a morbid scepticism of mistrust, whereby the influences of the Holy ...
//christianbookshelf.org/neander/the first epistle of john/1 john iv 3-jan.htm

1 John ii. 3
... He exhorts them now to confidence in Christ; now warns them against discouragement
and despair, and now against false confidence and carnal security. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/neander/the first epistle of john/1 john ii 3.htm

One Saying from Three Men
... The godless are perished out of the land.'. II. We have in our second text the
mistake of a good man who has been lulled into false confidence. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/one saying from three men.htm

Of Seeking Divine Help, and the Confidence of Obtaining Grace
... ON INWARD CONSOLATION CHAPTER XXX Of seeking divine help, and the confidence of
obtaining ... not whether he deceive and beguile by true means or false; whether he ...
/.../kempis/imitation of christ/chapter xxx of seeking divine.htm

The Witness of the Spirit
... The sin of the world is a false confidence, a careless, complacent taking
for granted that a man is a Christian when he is not. ...
/.../romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/the witness of the spirit.htm

The Preacher as a False Prophet.
... The majority have the same confidence that the case is finally decided in their
favour ... Even in the Church the side of the false prophets may be the growing and ...
/.../stalker/the preacher and his models/lecture v the preacher as.htm

False Teachings of the Apostasy.
... There remains yet one almost universal false and dangerous doctrine, which we deem
but ... With perfect confidence we say there is not one text in the Bible ...
//christianbookshelf.org/orr/the gospel day /chapter iii false teachings of.htm

Comparison Between the False Church and the True.
... to refute them than that with which Jeremiah opposed the foolish confidence of the ...
be their angel, or interpreter (Mal.2:4); nay, he retorts the false boast by ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 2 comparison between the.htm

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