100 Bible Verses about Trust No Man

Psalm 118:8 ESV / 986 helpful votes

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.

Micah 7:5 ESV / 770 helpful votes

Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms;

Jeremiah 17:5 ESV / 641 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord.

Psalm 118:9 ESV / 464 helpful votes

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 427 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Psalm 118:8-9 ESV / 387 helpful votes

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.

Psalm 40:3-4 ESV / 311 helpful votes

He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord. Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!

Isaiah 31:1 ESV / 274 helpful votes

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord!

Galatians 6:3 ESV / 271 helpful votes

For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

2 Timothy 3:13-17 ESV / 245 helpful votes

While evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Romans 13:8 ESV / 243 helpful votes

Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 230 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Isaiah 2:22 ESV / 211 helpful votes

Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?

Psalm 146:3 ESV / 203 helpful votes

Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

Galatians 5:17 ESV / 199 helpful votes

For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

John 15:4 ESV / 185 helpful votes

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 176 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Psalm 56:3 ESV / 150 helpful votes

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

Proverbs 29:25 ESV / 144 helpful votes

The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 143 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Proverbs 28:26 ESV / 136 helpful votes

Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

Psalm 20:7 ESV / 130 helpful votes

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.

Psalm 9:10 ESV / 130 helpful votes

And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 129 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Matthew 7:14 ESV / 123 helpful votes

For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

Psalm 60:11 ESV / 122 helpful votes

Oh, grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man!

John 2:24-25 ESV / 121 helpful votes

But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

Hebrews 12:14 ESV / 120 helpful votes

Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

Psalm 118:9-11 ESV / 119 helpful votes

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes. All nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord I cut them off! They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

Hebrews 13:6 ESV / 118 helpful votes

So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

Psalm 40:4 ESV / 118 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!

John 14:15 ESV / 113 helpful votes

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Psalm 37:3 ESV / 110 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 109 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Jeremiah 17:7-8 ESV / 108 helpful votes

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 105 helpful votes

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

John 14:1 ESV / 102 helpful votes

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

Psalm 37:5 ESV / 99 helpful votes

Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 98 helpful votes

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 95 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...

Proverbs 16:20 ESV / 94 helpful votes

Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.

1 John 5:14 ESV / 92 helpful votes

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

Romans 8:14 ESV / 91 helpful votes

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

Romans 7:21 ESV / 89 helpful votes

So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 88 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Matthew 6:26 ESV / 87 helpful votes

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

Psalm 56:4 ESV / 87 helpful votes

In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

Romans 15:13 ESV / 82 helpful votes

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

1 John 4:16 ESV / 81 helpful votes

So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

Psalm 118:9-13 ESV / 81 helpful votes

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes. All nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord I cut them off! They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side; in the name of the Lord I cut them off! They surrounded me like bees; they went out like a fire among thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them off! I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me.

1 Corinthians 2:7-13 ESV / 79 helpful votes

But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”— these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. ...

John 15:5 ESV / 79 helpful votes

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Psalm 143:8 ESV / 79 helpful votes

Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.

Psalm 118:14 ESV / 78 helpful votes

The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.

Psalm 91:1-2 ESV / 78 helpful votes

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

James 1:6 ESV / 77 helpful votes

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 77 helpful votes

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 75 helpful votes

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 75 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Ecclesiastes 3:7 ESV / 75 helpful votes

A time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Proverbs 16:3 ESV / 74 helpful votes

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 74 helpful votes

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Isaiah 43:2 ESV / 73 helpful votes

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

Psalm 145:18 ESV / 71 helpful votes

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Psalm 121:3 ESV / 71 helpful votes

He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.

Psalm 62:7 ESV / 71 helpful votes

On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.

Psalm 28:7 ESV / 71 helpful votes

The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

Psalm 73:25 ESV / 70 helpful votes

Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 68 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

1 Corinthians 9:27 ESV / 68 helpful votes

But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

Matthew 5:48 ESV / 68 helpful votes

You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Daniel 6:23 ESV / 68 helpful votes

Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

Proverbs 3:6 ESV / 67 helpful votes

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Psalm 118:1-29 ESV / 67 helpful votes

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” Let the house of Aaron say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” Let those who fear the Lord say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free. ...

Psalm 31:19 ESV / 67 helpful votes

Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 67 helpful votes

Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

Jeremiah 17:5-8 ESV / 66 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord. He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

Proverbs 11:28 ESV / 66 helpful votes

Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

John 14:23 ESV / 64 helpful votes

Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 63 helpful votes

Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 63 helpful votes

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

John 1:13 ESV / 63 helpful votes

Who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

Psalm 32:10 ESV / 63 helpful votes

Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 ESV / 62 helpful votes

Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more, and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 61 helpful votes

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

John 14:21 ESV / 61 helpful votes

Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”

James 2:17 ESV / 60 helpful votes

So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

James 3:2 ESV / 59 helpful votes

For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

Hebrews 11:3 ESV / 59 helpful votes

By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

Isaiah 25:9 ESV / 59 helpful votes

It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”

Acts 5:31 ESV / 58 helpful votes

God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

John 1:12 ESV / 58 helpful votes

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

2 Corinthians 5:15 ESV / 55 helpful votes

And he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

Luke 21:34 ESV / 55 helpful votes

“But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.

Isaiah 36:6 ESV / 55 helpful votes

Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 54 helpful votes

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Romans 3:4 ESV / 54 helpful votes

By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, “That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.”

Matthew 5:20 ESV / 54 helpful votes

For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Titus 2:14 ESV / 53 helpful votes

Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

1 Peter 3:1 ESV / 50 helpful votes

Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,

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