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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 FALSE
• CONFIDENCE,