Quotes about Trust

So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecai’s response to Esther.

When Esther’s words were relayed to Mordecai,

“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”

So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.

Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.

But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”

Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?

If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,