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False Confidence in Outward Resources Psalm 20:7

Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

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False Confidence in Outward Resources Psalm 33:17

A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.

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False Confidence in Outward Resources Psalm 44:6

For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.

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False Confidence in Outward Resources Psalm 49:6

They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

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False Confidence in Outward Resources Proverbs 11:28

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.

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False Confidence in Outward Resources Isaiah 22:11

You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.

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False Confidence in Outward Resources Isaiah 31:1–3

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD. / Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers. / But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.

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False Confidence in Outward Resources Jeremiah 48:7

Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.

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False Confidence in Outward Resources Zechariah 4:6

So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.

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False Confidence in Outward Resources Mark 10:24

And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

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