FALSE CONFIDENCE

In self

De 29:19; 1Ki 20:11; Pr 3:5; 23:4; 26:12; 28:26; Isa 5:21; Ro 12:16; 2Co 1:9

In outward resources

Ps 20:7; 33:17; 44:6; 49:6; Pr 11:28; Isa 22:11; 31:1-3; Jer 48:7; Zec 4:6; Mr 10:24

In man

Ps 33:16; 62:9; 118:8; 146:3,4; Isa 2:22; Jer 17:5; Ho 5:13; 7:11

INSTANCES OF

At Babel

Ge 11:4

Sennacherib, in the siege of Jerusalem

2Ki 19:23

Asa, in relying on Syria rather than on God

2Ch 16:7-9

Hezekiah, in the defenses of Jerusalem

Isa 22:11

Peter, in asserting his devotion to Jesus

Mt 26:35; Lu 22:33,34; Joh 13:37,38

See CONFIDENCE, FALSE