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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Confidence

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: Yes
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

Naves Topical Index
Confidence

Betrayed, instances of:

Joshua, by the Gibeonites
Joshua 9:3-15

Eglon, by Ehud
Judges 3:15-23

Ahimelech, by David
1 Samuel 21:1-9

Abner, by Joab
2 Samuel 3:27

Amasa, by Joab
2 Samuel 20:9-10

The worshipers of Baal, by Jehu
2 Kings 10:18-28
Betrayal

False

General references
Deuteronomy 29:18-19; 1 Kings 20:11; 2 Kings 18:21; Isaiah 36:6; Job 11:20; Job 15:31; Job 29:18; Psalms 10:6; Psalms 20:7-8; Psalms 30:6; Psalms 33:16-17; Psalms 36:2; Psalms 44:6; Psalms 49:6-7; Psalms 52:7; Psalms 60:11; Psalms 108:12; Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 16:25; Proverbs 18:11; Proverbs 23:4; Proverbs 26:12; Proverbs 28:26; Proverbs 29:26; Isaiah 2:22; Isaiah 5:21; Isaiah 8:12; Isaiah 9:9-10; Isaiah 22:11; Isaiah 28:15; Isaiah 28:18; Isaiah 30:1-2; Isaiah 30:5; Isaiah 30:7; Isaiah 30:10; Isaiah 30:15-16; Isaiah 31:1; Isaiah 31:3; Isaiah 47:7-8; Isaiah 47:10; Isaiah 56:12; Isaiah 57:13; Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 2:18; Jeremiah 2:22-23; Jeremiah 2:37; Jeremiah 3:23; Jeremiah 5:17; Jeremiah 6:14; Jeremiah 7:8; Jeremiah 8:11; Jeremiah 12:5; Jeremiah 14:13; Jeremiah 17:5; Jeremiah 21:13; Jeremiah 23:17; Jeremiah 48:7; Jeremiah 48:11; Jeremiah 49:4-5; Lamentations 4:17; Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 13:10-11; Ezekiel 29:6-7; Ezekiel 30:8; Hosea 5:13; Hosea 7:9; Hosea 7:11-16; Hosea 10:13; Hosea 12:1; Hosea 14:3; Amos 6:1-7; Amos 6:13; Amos 9:10; Obadiah 1:3; Micah 3:11; Zephaniah 1:12; Zephaniah 2:15; Zech 4:6; Matthew 25:5; Mark 10:24; Mark 14:29-31; Matthew 26:33-35; Luke 22:33-34; John 13:37-38; Luke 11:35; Luke 12:19-20; Luke 17:26-30; Luke 18:9-14; John 5:45; Romans 2:3; Romans 12:16; 1 Corinthians 3:21; 2 Corinthians 1:9; Galatians 6:7-8; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; 1 Timothy 6:17; James 4:13-15; Revelation 18:7-8
Blindness, Spiritual; Conceit

Instances of:

Builders of Babel
Genesis 11:4

Saul
1 Samuel 13:8-14

Sennacherib
2 Kings 19:23

Asa
2 Chronicles 16:7-9

Hezekiah
Isaiah 22:11

Jonah
Jonah 1:3-5

Peter
Matthew 26:33-35; Luke 22:33-34

Paul
Philippians 1:25; Philippians 2:23-24


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Confidence

CON'FIDENCE, noun [Latin See Confide.]

1. A trusting, or reliance; an assurance of mind or firm belief in the integrity, stability or veracity of another, or in the truth and reality of a fact.

It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in man. Psalms 118:8.

I rejoice that I have confidence in you in all things. 2 Corinthians 7:16.

Mutual confidence is the basis of social happiness.

I place confidence in a statement, or in an official report.

2. Trust; reliance; applied to one's own abilities, or fortune; belief in one's own competency.

His times being rather prosperous than calm, had raised his confidence by success.

3. That in which trust is placed; ground of trust; he or that which supports.

Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence Jeremiah 48:13.

Jehovah shall be thy confidence Proverbs 3:26.

4. Safety, or assurance of safety; security.

They shall build houses and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence Ezekiel 28:26.

5. Boldness; courage.

Preaching the kingdom of God with all confidence Acts 28:31.

6. Excessive boldness; assurance, proceeding forom vanity or a false opinion of one's own abilities, or excellencies.

Their confidence ariseth from too much credit given to their own wits.