Quotes About Trust

Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecaiís command, as she had done under his care.

When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she informed the king on Mordecaiís behalf.

So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecaiís response to Esther.

Then Esther spoke to Hathach and instructed him to tell Mordecai,

So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.

And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”

If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the kingís question.”

Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.

But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Then Jobís wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”

“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?

If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,

However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—

He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.

In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.

For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.

If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:

But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,

For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.