100 Bible Verses about Trusting Man

Psalm 118:8 ESV / 447 helpful votes

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

Micah 7:5-8 ESV / 289 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; for the son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.

Jeremiah 17:5-6 ESV / 254 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.

Proverbs 28:26 ESV / 207 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 2:22 ESV / 188 helpful votes

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

Psalm 146:3 ESV / 188 helpful votes

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

Jeremiah 17:5 ESV / 183 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.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 181 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.

Jeremiah 9:4 ESV / 178 helpful votes

Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

Psalm 118:9 ESV / 173 helpful votes

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

Psalm 9:10 ESV / 146 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 29:25 ESV / 127 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 120 helpful votes

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

Psalm 56:3 ESV / 117 helpful votes

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

Micah 7:5-6 ESV / 115 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; for the son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

Jeremiah 17:7-8 ESV / 111 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.”

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 102 helpful votes

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 101 helpful votes

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

Psalm 40:3-4 ESV / 101 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!

Romans 15:13 ESV / 99 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.

Joshua 1:9 ESV / 99 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.”

John 14:1 ESV / 98 helpful votes

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

Psalm 118:9-13 ESV / 96 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.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 94 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.

John 2:24-25 ESV / 93 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.

Psalm 56:4 ESV / 93 helpful votes

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

Psalm 37:3 ESV / 93 helpful votes

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

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 88 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.”

Proverbs 16:20 ESV / 87 helpful votes

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

Psalm 20:7 ESV / 84 helpful votes

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

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 82 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 3:6 ESV / 81 helpful votes

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

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 78 helpful votes

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

John 14:26 ESV / 78 helpful votes

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

Matthew 6:26 ESV / 76 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 37:5 ESV / 76 helpful votes

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

1 John 5:14 ESV / 75 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 31:1 ESV / 74 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!

Psalm 143:8 ESV / 73 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 40:4 ESV / 73 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!

Hebrews 13:6 ESV / 72 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 16:3 ESV / 72 helpful votes

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

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 71 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.

Isaiah 43:2 ESV / 71 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.

Micah 7:5 ESV / 70 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;

Psalm 91:1-2 ESV / 70 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.”

2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 69 helpful votes

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Psalm 118:9-11 ESV / 68 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!

James 1:6 ESV / 67 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.

Psalm 145:18 ESV / 65 helpful votes

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

Psalm 121:3 ESV / 65 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 25:26 ESV / 64 helpful votes

Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

1 John 4:16 ESV / 63 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 28:7 ESV / 62 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 62:7 ESV / 61 helpful votes

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

Isaiah 26:3-4 ESV / 58 helpful votes

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.

Daniel 6:23 ESV / 56 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.

Psalm 73:25 ESV / 56 helpful votes

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

Psalm 62:8 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah

Psalm 13:5 ESV / 56 helpful votes

But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 54 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

John 14:15 ESV / 54 helpful votes

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

Psalm 31:19 ESV / 53 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!

Isaiah 36:6 ESV / 49 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.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 48 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.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Psalm 31:14 ESV / 48 helpful votes

But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.”

Nahum 1:7 ESV / 47 helpful votes

The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.

Proverbs 11:28 ESV / 47 helpful votes

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

Romans 12:19 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

2 Samuel 7:28 ESV / 45 helpful votes

And now, O Lord God, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

Psalm 60:11 ESV / 44 helpful votes

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

Psalm 56:3-4 ESV / 44 helpful votes

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

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 44 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Psalm 118:8-9 ESV / 43 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 84:12 ESV / 43 helpful votes

O Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!

Psalm 46:1 ESV / 42 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Isaiah 43:1 ESV / 40 helpful votes

But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.

Isaiah 12:2 ESV / 40 helpful votes

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”

Psalm 118:14 ESV / 40 helpful votes

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

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 39 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.”

Isaiah 31:3 ESV / 38 helpful votes

The Egyptians are man, and not God, and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall, and they will all perish together.

Psalm 46:10 ESV / 38 helpful votes

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

Psalm 32:10 ESV / 38 helpful votes

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

Job 13:15 ESV / 37 helpful votes

Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 35 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Psalm 22:4 ESV / 35 helpful votes

In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.

2 Timothy 1:12 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.

Psalm 18:30 ESV / 33 helpful votes

This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

Psalm 8:4 ESV / 32 helpful votes

What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?

1 Corinthians 13:7 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Mark 5:36 ESV / 31 helpful votes

But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.”

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 30 helpful votes

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 30 helpful votes

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Isaiah 30:2 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Who set out to go down to Egypt, without asking for my direction, to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!

Proverbs 30:5 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Psalm 108:12 ESV / 30 helpful votes

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

Psalm 91:1-16 ESV / 30 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.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ...

Psalm 4:5 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the Lord.

1 Chronicles 5:20 ESV / 29 helpful votes

And when they prevailed over them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, for they cried out to God in the battle, and he granted their urgent plea because they trusted in him.

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