Quotes About Trust

Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.

“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.

then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

If my heart has been enticed by my neighborís wife, or I have lurked at his door,

then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.

For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.

He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.í

But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,

How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,

Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?

Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?

Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?

Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

Then I will confess to you that your own right hand can save you.

Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.

He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.

Then Job replied to the LORD:

“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.

A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!

Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah