Quotes about Trust
But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
— Jeremiah 1:7
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 1:8
Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
— Jeremiah 2:18
How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
— Jeremiah 2:36
Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”
— Jeremiah 2:37
Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.
— Jeremiah 3:4
But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 3:20
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
— Jeremiah 4:10
They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
— Jeremiah 5:12
They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”
— Jeremiah 5:17
Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
— Jeremiah 5:22
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
— Jeremiah 5:31