Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.
“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.”
Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.
Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
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.
“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.”
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”
Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.
A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,
O Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield. O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield. You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.
That your trust may be in the Lord, I have made them known to you today, even to you.
Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.
Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist.
so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.
Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
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