Psalms 118:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

It is better to trust in the Lorde, then to haue confidence in princes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 31:1 : 1 Woe vnto them that goe downe into Egypt for helpe, and stay vpon horses, and trust in charets, because they are many, and in horsemen, because they be very strong: but they looke not vnto the holy one of Israel, nor seeke vnto the Lord.
  • Ps 146:3-5 : 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sonne of man, for there is none helpe in him. 4 His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth: then his thoughtes perish. 5 Blessed is he, that hath the God of Iaakob for his helpe, whose hope is in the Lord his God.
  • Isa 30:2-3 : 2 Which walke forth to goe downe into Egypt (and haue not asked at my mouth) to strengthen them selues with the strength of Pharaoh, and trust in the shadowe of Egypt. 3 But the strength of Pharaoh shalbe your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
  • Isa 30:15-17 : 15 For thus sayd the Lorde God, the Holy one of Israel, In rest and quietnes shall ye be saued: in quietnes and in confidence shall be your strength, but ye would not. 16 For ye haue sayd, No, but we wil flee away vpon horses. Therefore shall ye flee. We will ride vpon the swiftest. Therefore shall your persecuters be swifter. 17 A thousand as one shall flee at the rebuke of one: at the rebuke of fiue shall ye flee, till ye be left as a ship maste vpon the top of a mountaine, and as a beaken vpon an hill.
  • Isa 31:8 : 8 Then shall Asshur fall by the sworde, not of man, neither shall the sworde of man deuoure him, and hee shall flee from the sworde, and his yong men shall faint.
  • Isa 36:6-7 : 6 Loe, thou trustest in this broken staffe of reede on Egypt, whereupon if a man leane, it will goe into his hand, and pearce it: so is Pharaoh King of Egypt, vnto all that trust in him. 7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the Lord our God. Is not that he, whose hie places & whose altars Hezekiah tooke downe, & said to Iudah & to Ierusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
  • Ezek 29:7 : 7 When they tooke holde of thee with their hand, thou diddest breake, & rent all their shoulder: & when they leaned vpon thee, thou brakest and madest all their loynes to stand vpright.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    93%

    8 It is better to trust in the Lorde, then to haue confidence in man.

  • Ps 146:3
    81%

    3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sonne of man, for there is none helpe in him.

  • Ps 115:9-11
    3 verses
    75%

    9 O Israel, trust thou in the Lorde: for he is their helpe and their shielde.

    10 O house of Aaron, trust ye in the Lord: for he is their helpe and their shielde.

    11 Ye that feare the Lorde, trust in the Lord: for he is their helper and their shield.

  • Ps 40:4
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    4 Blessed is the man that maketh the Lorde his trust, and regardeth not the proude, nor such as turne aside to lyes.

  • Ps 21:7
    73%

    7 Because the King trusteth in the Lord, and in the mercie of the most High, he shall not slide.

  • Prov 29:25
    73%

    25 The feare of man bringeth a snare: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shalbe exalted.

  • Ps 31:14
    73%

    14 But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

  • Ps 84:12
    73%

    12 O Lorde of hostes, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

  • Prov 3:5
    73%

    5 Trust in the Lorde with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.

  • Ps 56:11
    72%

    11 In God doe I trust: I will not be afrayd what man can doe vnto me.

  • Prov 25:7
    72%

    7 For it is better, that it be saide vnto thee, Come vp hither, then thou to be put lower in the presece of the prince whom thine eyes haue seene.

  • Ps 20:7
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    7 Some trust in chariots, & some in horses: but we will remember the Name of ye Lord our God.

  • Ps 118:10
    72%

    10 All nations haue compassed me: but in the Name of the Lord shall I destroy them.

  • Jer 17:7
    72%

    7 Blessed be the man, that trusteth in ye Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

  • Ps 91:2
    71%

    2 I will say vnto the Lorde, O mine hope, and my fortresse: he is my God, in him will I trust.

  • Ps 56:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 When I was afrayd, I trusted in thee.

    4 I will reioyce in God, because of his word, I trust in God, and will not feare what flesh can doe vnto me.

  • Jer 17:5
    71%

    5 Thus saith the Lord, Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arme, and withdraweth his heart from the Lord.

  • Isa 26:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 By an assured purpose wilt thou preserue perfite peace, because they trusted in thee.

    4 Trust in the Lord for euer: for in the Lord God is strength for euermore.

  • Ps 71:1
    71%

    1 In thee, O Lorde, I trust: let me neuer be ashamed.

  • Ps 16:1
    70%

    1 Michtam of Dauid. Preserue mee, O God: for in thee doe I trust.

  • Prov 22:19
    70%

    19 That thy confidence may be in the Lord, I haue shewed thee this day: thou therefore take heede.

  • Ps 33:21
    70%

    21 Surely our heart shall reioyce in him, because we trusted in his holy Name.

  • Ps 31:1
    70%

    1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. In thee, O Lorde, haue I put my trust: let mee neuer be confounded: deliuer me in thy righteousnesse.

  • Ps 9:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9 The Lord also wil be a refuge for the poore, a refuge in due time, euen in affliction.

    10 And they that know thy Name, will trust in thee: for thou, Lorde, hast not failed them that seeke thee.

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    8 Taste ye and see, howe gratious the Lorde is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

  • Ps 62:8
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    8 Trust in him alway, ye people: powre out your hearts before him, for God is our hope. Selah.

  • Prov 14:26
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    26 In the feare of the Lorde is an assured strength, and his children shall haue hope.

  • Prov 3:26
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    26 For the Lorde shall be for thine assurance, and shall preserue thy foote from taking.

  • Ps 11:1
    70%

    1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. In the Lorde put I my trust: howe say yee then to my soule, Flee to your mountaine as a birde?

  • Ps 22:4
    70%

    4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didest deliuer them.

  • Ps 4:5
    70%

    5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousnes, and trust in the Lorde.

  • Ps 37:3
    70%

    3 Trust thou in the Lord & do good: dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed assuredly.

  • Ps 31:6
    69%

    6 I haue hated them that giue them selues to deceitfull vanities: for I trust in the Lord.

  • Ps 73:28
    69%

    28 As for me, it is good for me to draw neere to God: therefore I haue put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy workes.

  • Ps 125:1
    69%

    1 A song of degrees. They that trust in the Lord, shalbe as mount Zion, which can not be remooued, but remaineth for euer.

  • Ps 18:2
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    2 The Lorde is my rocke, and my fortresse, and he that deliuereth me, my God and my strength: in him will I trust, my shield, the horne also of my saluation, and my refuge.

  • Nah 1:7
    69%

    7 The Lorde is good and as a strong hold in the day of trouble, and he knoweth them that trust in him.

  • Ps 18:30
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    30 The way of God is vncorrupt: the worde of the Lord is tried in the fire: he is a shield to all that trust in him.

  • Ps 7:1
    68%

    1 Shigaion of Dauid, which he sang vnto the Lord, concerning the wordes of Chush the sonne of Iemini. O lorde my God, in thee I put my trust: saue me from all that persecute me, & deliuer me,

  • 2 Sam 22:31
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    31 The way of God is vncorrupt: the word of the Lorde is tryed in the fire: he is a shield to all that trust in him.

  • Ps 13:5
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    5 But I trust in thy mercie: mine heart shall reioyce in thy saluation:

  • Ps 5:11
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    11 And let all them that trust in thee, reioyce and triumph for euer, and couer thou them: and let them, that loue thy Name, reioyce in thee.

  • Ps 27:3
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    3 Though an hoste pitched against me, mine heart should not be afraide: though warre be raised against me, I will trust in this.

  • Ps 44:6
    68%

    6 For I do not trust in my bowe, neither can my sworde saue me.