Top 19 Bible Verses About Confidence

Update on March 22, 2020 by Pastor Jack Wellman

Our confidence should come from knowing that God made us and sent his son to save us. Here are the top 19 Bible verses about confidence to study the true meaning of confidence and how we should display our confidence to others.

I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my face they did not cast down.

- Job 29:24

“Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

- Acts 2:29

I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking according to the flesh.

- 2 Corinthians 10:2

Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms;

- Micah 7:5

This is the path of those who have foolish confidence; yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah

- Psalm 49:13

I rejoice, because I have complete confidence in you.

- 2 Corinthians 7:16

What I am saying with this boastful confidence, I say not as the Lord would but as a fool.

- 2 Corinthians 11:17

For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

- 1 Timothy 3:13

Is not your fear of God your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope?

- Job 4:6

And with them we are sending our brother whom we have often tested and found earnest in many matters, but who is now more earnest than ever because of his great confidence in you.

- 2 Corinthians 8:22

With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

- 2 Chronicles 32:8

Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

- 1 John 3:21

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

- Hebrews 10:35

I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is.

- Galatians 5:10

And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.

- 1 John 2:28

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

- Hebrews 4:16

for the devious person is an abomination to the LORD, but the upright are in his confidence.

- Proverbs 3:32

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

- 1 John 5:14

In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge.

- Proverbs 14:26

Total Quotes Found: 19

5 Stories From The Bible About Confidence

Here are 5 stories from the Bible about confidence.

Our Confidence

Solomon wisely said, “For the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught” (Proverbs 3:26), so where is our confidence? Is it in man, in you, in your money, in others, your job…or in the securest of all places? Is our confidence is in the Lord Jesus Christ? The Psalmist rightly said, “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God” (Psalm 20:7).

He is With You

My son was afraid of the dark, like many children were, but when I was in the room with him, he was not afraid…even if it was totally dark. Now consider God’s Word to us: “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” (Isaiah 41:10). Since God is with us there’s no reason to be dismayed or fearful…even in the dark.

Confidence before God

If you have a guilty conscience, it’s probably because you did something you shouldn’t have, or you should have done something you didn’t do, but we must remember that “whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God” (1 John 3:20-21). Will we be confident when we see Jesus? Wil we shrink back at His appearing? Apparently, some will as John writes, “little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming” (1 John 2:28).

Christ Strengthens Us

The verse “I can do all things through him who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13) has encouraged millions of believers. Or course, the opposite must also be true: we can do nothing without Christ strengthening us. Jesus said we can do nothing without Him (John 15:5), and nothing is not a little something! It’s zilch. And that should humble us and make us even more reliant upon Him, and by the way, that’s what He desires for us anyway.

The Lord our Helper

If you are a child of God, you have the Lord God on your side, “So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me” (Hebrews 13:6)? It’s better to place your confidence in the only One Who can help you…the only One Who will be with you through thick and thin. He is the Lord your helper, so why fear what man can do?

We must remember that we are not “sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” (2 Corinthians 3:5), and what comes from God is sufficient for all things, no matter what it looks like (Romans 8:28). If you are confident in God, that means you have trust in God, and without faith you cannot even please God (Hebrews 11:6).

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