Trusting people

Top verses

Ranked by readers’ votes at OpenBible.info.

• Micah 7:5–6

  Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

• Psalms 118:8

  It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

• Proverbs 3:5

  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

• Jeremiah 17:5–12

  Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. …

• Proverbs 3:5–12

  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. …

• Romans 12:19

  Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

• 1 Corinthians 13:7

  Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

• Philippians 4:13

  I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

• Isaiah 2:22

  Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

• 1 Timothy 5:8

  But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

• Colossians 3:2

  Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

• Proverbs 31:11

  The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

• Psalms 105:4

  Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

• Hebrews 11:1

  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

• Psalms 1:1–6

  Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. …

• Psalms 146:3–5

  Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

• Jeremiah 17:5

  Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

• Proverbs 25:26

  A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

• Proverbs 3:5–6

  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

• Luke 10:27

  And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

• John 14:15

  If ye love me, keep my commandments.

• John 2:24–25

  But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

• 2 Corinthians 4:18

  While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

• Isaiah 26:3

  Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

• Deuteronomy 28:1–68

  And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. …

• Psalms 9:10

  And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

• Romans 13:1–2

  Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

• Psalms 146:3

  Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

• Psalms 56:3

  What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

• John 20:31

  But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

• John 2:23–24

  Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,

• Isaiah 31:1

  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 unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

• Psalms 94:19–22

  In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. …

• John 14:1

  Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

• Psalms 20:7

  Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

• 1 Peter 2:24

  Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

• Jeremiah 17:7–8

  Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

• Joshua 1:9

  Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

• Psalms 118:9

  It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.

• Proverbs 29:25

  The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.