False Confidence

False Confidence [NAVE]

FALSE CONFIDENCE
In self, Deut. 29:19; 1 Kin. 20:11; Prov. 3:5; 23:4; 26:12; 28:26; Isa. 5:21; Rom. 12:16; 2 Cor. 1:9.
In outward resources, Psa. 20:7; 33:17; 44:6; 49:6; Prov. 11:28; Isa. 22:11; 31:1-3; Jer. 48:7; Zech. 4:6; Mark 10:24.
In humans, Psa. 33:16; 62:9; 118:8; 146:3, 4; Isa. 2:22; Jer. 17:5; Hos. 5:13; 7:11.
Instances of
At Babel, Gen. 11:4.
Seacherib, in the siege of Jerusalem, 2 Kin. 19:23.
Asa, in relying on Syria rather than on God, 2 Chr. 16:7-9.
Hezekiah, in the defenses of Jerusalem, Isa. 22:11.
Peter, in asserting his devotion to Jesus, Matt. 26:35; Luke 22:33, 34; John 13:37, 38.
See: Confidence, False.