Psalms 118:9
It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in rulers.
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Psalms 118:9
It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in rulers.
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Genesis 40:23
But the wine-servant did not keep Joseph in mind or give a thought to him.
Esther 6:3
And the king said, What honour and reward have been given to Mordecai for this? Then the servants who were waiting on the king said, Nothing has been done for him.
Ecclesiastes 9:15
Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.
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Exodus 14:13
But Moses said, Keep where you are and have no fear; now you will see the salvation of the Lord which he will give you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you will never see again.
Psalms 20:7
Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God.
Psalms 52:9
I will give you praise without end for what you have done; I will give honour to your name before your saints, for it is good.
Isaiah 7:4
And say to him, Take care and be quiet; have no fear, and do not let your heart be feeble, because of these two ends of smoking fire-wood, because of the bitter wrath of Rezin and Aram, and of the son of Remaliah.
Isaiah 8:17
And I will be waiting for the Lord, whose face is veiled from the house of Jacob, and I will be looking for him.
Isaiah 28:12
To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.
Isaiah 37:6
And Isaiah said to them, This is what you are to say to your master: The Lord says, Be not troubled by the words which the servants of the king of Assyria have said against me in your hearing.
Lamentations 3:26
It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
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1 Samuel 8:4
Then all the responsible men of Israel got together and went to Samuel at Ramah,
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1 Samuel 8:20
So that we may be like the other nations, and so that our king may be our judge and go out before us to war.
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1 Samuel 16:21
And David came to Saul, waiting before him: and he became very dear to Saul, who made him his servant, giving him the care of his arms.
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1 Samuel 18:21
And Saul said, I will give her to him, so that she may be a cause of danger to him, and so that the hands of the Philistines may be against him. So Saul said to David, Today you are to become my son-in-law for the second time.
1 Samuel 18:22
And Saul gave his servants orders saying, Have talk with David secretly and say to him, See how the king has delight in you, and how you are loved by all his servants: then be the king's son-in-law.
1 Samuel 18:23
And Saul's servants said these things to David. And David said, Does it seem to you a small thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, of no great name?
1 Samuel 18:24
And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.
1 Samuel 18:25
And Saul said, Then say to David, The king has no desire for any bride-price, but only for the private parts of a hundred Philistines so that the king may get the better of his haters. But it was in Saul's mind that David might come to his end by the hands of the Philistines.
1 Samuel 18:26
And when his servants said these words to David, he was well pleased to be the son-in-law of the king. And the days were still not past.
1 Samuel 26:21
Then Saul said, I have done wrong: come back to me, David my son: I will do you no more wrong, because my life was dear to you today truly, I have been foolish and my error is very great.
1 Samuel 26:22
Then David said, Here is the king's spear! let one of the young men come over and get it.
1 Samuel 26:23
And the Lord will give to every man the reward of his righteousness and his faith: because the Lord gave you into my hands today, and I would not put out my hand against the man who has been marked with the holy oil.
1 Samuel 26:24
And so, as your life was dear to me today, may my life be dear to the Lord, and may he make me free from all my troubles.
1 Samuel 26:25
Then Saul said to David, May a blessing be on you, David, my son; you will do great things and without doubt you will overcome. Then David went on his way, and Saul went back to his place.
2 Samuel 15:31
And word came to David, saying, Ahithophel is among those who are joined to Absalom. And David said, O Lord, let the wisdom of Ahithophel be made foolish.
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1 Samuel 21:12
And David took these words to heart, fearing Achish, the king of Gath.
Psalms 56:3
In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.
Psalms 56:4
In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.
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2 Samuel 19:41
Then the men of Israel came to the king and said, Why have our countrymen of Judah taken you away in secret and come over Jordan with the king and all his family, because all his people are David's men?
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2 Samuel 20:2
So all the men of Israel, turning away from David, went after Sheba, the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah were true to their king, going with him from Jordan as far as Jerusalem.
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1 Kings 20:1
Now Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got all his army together, and thirty-two kings with him, and horses and carriages of war; he went up and made war on Samaria, shutting it in.
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1 Kings 20:2
And he sent representatives into the town to Ahab, king of Israel;
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2 Kings 6:32
But Elisha was in his house, and the responsible men were seated there with him; and before the king got there, Elisha said to those who were with him, Do you see how this cruel and violent man has sent to take away my life?
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2 Chronicles 20:20
And early in the morning they got up and went out to the waste land of Tekoa: and when they were going out, Jehoshaphat took his station and said to them, Give ear to me, O Judah and you people of Jerusalem: have faith in the Lord your God and you will be safe; have faith in his prophets and all will go well for you.
Psalms 22:4
Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour.
Psalms 34:22
The Lord will be the saviour of the souls of his servants, and no one who has faith in him will be put to shame.
Psalms 55:22
Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.
Psalms 112:7
He will have no fear of evil news; his heart is fixed, for his hope is in the Lord.
Psalms 147:11
The Lord takes pleasure in his worshippers, and in those whose hope is in his mercy.
Proverbs 3:5
Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.
Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.
Proverbs 18:10
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the upright man running into it is safe.
Isaiah 26:3
The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.
Mark 9:23
And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.
John 14:1
Let not your heart be troubled: have faith in God and have faith in me.
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Ezra 5:1
Now the prophets Haggai and Zechariah, the son of Iddo, were preaching to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel.
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Esther 7:9
Then Harbonah, one of the unsexed servants waiting before the king, said, See, the pillar fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who said a good word for the king, is still in its place in Haman's house. Then the king said, Put him to death by hanging him on it.
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Esther 8:11
In these letters the king gave authority to the Jews in every town to come together and make a fight for their lives, and to send death and destruction on the power of any people in any part of the kingdom attacking them or their children or their women, and to take their goods from them by force,
Esther 9:2
On that day, the Jews came together in their towns through all the divisions of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, for the purpose of attacking all those who were attempting evil against them: and everyone had to give way before them, for the fear of them had come on all the peoples.
Esther 9:13
Then Esther said, If it is the king's pleasure, let authority be given to the Jews in Shushan to do tomorrow as has been done today, and let orders be given for the hanging of Haman's ten sons.
Esther 9:15
For the Jews who were in Shushan came together again on the fourteenth day of the month Adar and put to death three hundred men in Shushan; but they put not a hand on their goods.
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Job 6:14
He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.
Job 6:15
My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:
Proverbs 25:19
Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot.
Jeremiah 9:4
Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.
Matthew 10:16
See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
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Psalms 44:5
Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us.
Psalms 44:6
I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation.
Psalms 44:7
But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us.
Psalms 44:8
Our pride is in God at all times, to his name we give praise for ever. (Selah.)
Psalms 44:9
But now you have sent us away from you, and put us to shame; you do not go out with our armies.
Psalms 60:10
Have not you put us away, O God? and you have not gone out with our armies.
Psalms 60:12
Through God we will do great things, for through him our haters will be crushed under our feet.
Psalms 108:13
With God we will do great things; for by him will our haters be crushed underfoot.
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Psalms 55:13
But it was you, my equal, my guide, my well-loved friend.
Psalms 55:14
We had loving talk together, and went to the house of God in company.
Romans 3:4
In no way: but let God be true, though every man is seen to be untrue; as it is said in the Writings, That your words may be seen to be true, and you may be seen to be right when you are judged.
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Psalms 62:10
Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.
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Psalms 64:10
The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.
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Psalms 76:8
From heaven you gave your decision; the earth, in its fear, gave no sound,
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Psalms 76:9
When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)
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2 Kings 6:27
And he said, If the Lord does not give you help, where am I to get help for you? from the grain-floor or the grape-crusher?
Psalms 121:1
A Song of the going up. My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?
Psalms 124:1
A Song of the going up. Of David. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say);
Psalms 124:2
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men came up against us;
Psalms 124:3
They would have made a meal of us while still living, in the heat of their wrath against us:
Psalms 127:1
A Song of the going up. Of Solomon. If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.
Isaiah 2:2
And it will come about in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and all nations will come to it.
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Psalms 146:8
The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;
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Proverbs 6:2
You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.
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Proverbs 17:14
The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
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Job 1:10
Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land?
Psalms 5:12
For you, Lord, will send a blessing on the upright man; your grace will be round him, and you will be his strength.
Psalms 13:5
But I have had faith in your mercy; my heart will be glad in your salvation.
Psalms 28:7
The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.
Psalms 37:17
For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.
Psalms 62:2
He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.
Psalms 62:6
He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.
Psalms 62:7
In God is my salvation, and my glory; the Rock of my strength, and my safe place.
Psalms 118:13
I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall: but the Lord was my helper.
Psalms 118:14
The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.
Psalms 118:15
The sound of joy and salvation is in the tents of the upright; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.
Psalms 145:3
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; his power may never be searched out.
Psalms 149:2
Let Israel have joy in his maker; let the children of Zion be glad in their King.
Isaiah 12:1
And in that day you will say I will give praise to you, O Lord; for though you were angry with me, your wrath is turned away, and I am comforted.
Isaiah 12:2
See, God is my salvation; I will have faith in the Lord, without fear: for the Lord Jah is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.
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Isaiah 30:4
For his chiefs are at Zoan, and his representatives have come to Hanes.
Isaiah 30:5
For they have all come with offerings to a people of no use to them, in whom is no help or profit, but only shame and a bad name.
Isaiah 30:6
The word about the Beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and grief, the land of the she-lion and the voice of the lion, of the snake and the burning winged snake, they take their wealth on the backs of young asses, and their stores on camels, to a people in whom is no profit.
Ezekiel 29:6
And it will be clear to all the people of Egypt that I am the Lord, because you have been a false support to the children of Israel.
Micah 1:14
For this cause give a parting offering to Moresheth-gath: the daughter of Achzib will be a deceit to the king of Israel.
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Isaiah 31:4
For the Lord has said to me, As a lion, or a young lion, makes an angry noise over his food, and if a band of herdsmen come out against him, he will not be in fear of their voices, or give up his food for their noise: so the Lord of armies will come down to make war against Mount Zion and its hill.
Isaiah 31:5
Like birds with outstretched wings, so will the Lord of armies be a cover to Jerusalem; he will be a cover and salvation for it, going over it he will keep it from danger.
Isaiah 31:6
Come back to him who has been so deeply sinned against by the children of Israel.
Isaiah 31:7
For in that day they will all give up their images of silver and of gold, the sin which they made for themselves.
Isaiah 31:9
And his rock will come to nothing because of fear, and his chiefs will go in flight from the flag, says the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his altar in Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 32:5
The foolish man will no longer be named noble, and they will not say of the false man that he is a man of honour.
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Isaiah 30:16
Saying, No, for we will go in flight on horses; so you will certainly go in flight: and, We will go on the backs of quick-running beasts; so those who go after you will be quick-footed.
Isaiah 30:17
A thousand will go in fear before one; even before five you will go in flight: till you are like a pillar by itself on the top of a mountain, and like a flag on a hill.
Isaiah 36:7
And if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God; is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar?
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Job 5:19
He will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you.
Psalms 91:14
Because he has given me his love, I will take him out of danger: I will put him in a place of honour, because he has kept my name in his heart.
Psalms 91:15
When his cry comes up to me, I will give him an answer: I will be with him in trouble; I will make him free from danger and give him honour.
Psalms 91:16
With long life will he be rewarded; and I will let him see my salvation.
Isaiah 43:2
When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.
Daniel 3:15
Now if you are ready, on hearing the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, to go down on your faces in worship before the image which I have made, it is well: but if you will not give worship, that same hour you will be put into a burning and flaming fire; and what god is there who will be able to take you out of my hands?
Daniel 3:25
He made answer and said, Look! I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are not damaged; and the form of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
Daniel 3:27
And the captains, the chiefs, and the rulers, and the king's wise men who had come together, saw these men, over whose bodies the fire had no power, and not a hair of their heads was burned, and their coats were not changed, and there was no smell of fire about them.
Daniel 6:23
Then the king was very glad, and gave orders for them to take Daniel up out of the hole. So Daniel was taken up out of the hole and he was seen to be untouched, because he had faith in his God.
Acts 27:24
Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.
Acts 27:25
And so, O men, be of good heart, for I have faith in God that it will be as he said to me.
Hebrews 11:33
Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut,
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Jeremiah 9:22
The bodies of men will be falling like waste on the open fields, and like grain dropped by the grain-cutter, and no one will take them up.
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Jeremiah 17:1
The sin of Judah is recorded with a pen of iron, and with the sharp point of a jewel it is cut on their hearts of stone, and on the horns of their altars for a sign to them:
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Daniel 3:17
If our God, whose servants we are, is able to keep us safe from the burning and flaming fire, and from your hands, O King, he will keep us safe.
Daniel 6:16
Then the king gave the order, and they took Daniel and put him into the lions' hole. The king made answer and said to Daniel, Your God, whose servant you are at all times, will keep you safe.
Daniel 6:20
And when he came near the hole where Daniel was, he gave a loud cry of grief; the king made answer and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whose servant you are at all times, able to keep you safe from the lions?
Acts 27:23
For this night there came to my side an angel of the God who is my Master and whose servant I am,
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Psalms 2:12
For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.
Psalms 25:2
O my God, I have put my faith in you, let me not be shamed; let not my haters be glorying over me.
Psalms 25:8
Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.
Psalms 34:8
By experience you will see that the Lord is good; happy is the man who has faith in him.
Psalms 40:4
Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.
Psalms 91:1
Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;
Psalms 125:1
A Song of the going up. Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.
Romans 15:12
And again Isaiah says, There will be the root of Jesse, and he who comes to be the ruler over the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles put their hope.
Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 1:12
So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ:
Ephesians 1:13
In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,
1 Peter 1:21
Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
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1 Timothy 6:17
Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;
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