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But since the LORD was with him, Joseph got on very well and was assigned to the household of his Egyptian master. When his master saw that the LORD was with him and brought him success in whatever he did, he took a liking to Joseph and made him his personal attendant; he put him in charge of his household and entrusted to him all his possessions.
[GEN 39:2-4]
"You are not acting wisely," his father-in-law
replied. "You will surely wear yourself out, and not only
yourself but also these people with you. The task is too heavy for
you; you cannot do it alone. Now, listen to me, and I will give
you some advice, that God may be with you. Act as the people's
representative before God, bringing to him whatever they have to
say. Enlighten them in regard to the decisions and regulations,
showing them how they are to live and what they are to do. But you
should also look among all the people for able and God-fearing
men, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain, and set them as
officers over groups of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of
tens. Let these men render decisions for the people in all
ordinary cases. More important cases they should refer to you, but
all the lesser cases they can settle themselves. Thus, your burden
will be lightened, since they will bear it with you." [EX 18:17-22]
Then the LORD came down in the column of cloud, and standing at
the entrance of the tent, called Aaron and Miriam. When both came
forward, he said, "Now listen to the words of the LORD:
Should there be a prophet among you, in visions will I reveal
myself to him, in dreams will I speak to him; Not so with my
servant Moses! Throughout my house he bears my trust: face to face
I speak to him, plainly and not in riddles. The presence of the
LORD he beholds. Why, then, did you not fear to speak against my
servant Moses?" [NUM 12:5-8]
They will besiege you in each of your communities, until the
great, unscalable walls you trust in come tumbling down all over
your land. They will so besiege you in every community throughout
the land which the LORD, your God, has given you [Taken from DEUT 28:52]
When Moses had written down this law, he entrusted it to the
levitical priests who carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD,
and to all the elders of Israel [Taken from DEUT 31:9]
Now Gaal, son of Ebed, came over to Shechem with his kinsmen. The citizens of Shechem put their trust in him, and went out into the fields, harvested their grapes and trod them out. Then they held a festival and went to the temple of their god, where they ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.
[JUDG 9:26-27]
The priest said to them, "Go and prosper: the LORD is favorable to the undertaking you are engaged in." So the five men went on and came to Laish. They saw that the people dwelling there lived securely after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and trusting, with no lack of any natural resources. They were distant from the Sidonians and had no contact with other people.
[JUDG 18:6-7]
And Achish trusted David, thinking, "He must certainly be
detested by his people Israel. I shall have him as my vassal
forever." [1SAM 27:12]
Moreover, no reckoning was asked of the men who were provided
with the funds to give to the workmen, because they held positions
of trust. [2KGS 12:16]
The following were entrusted by David with the choir services in the LORD'S house from the time when the ark had obtained a permanent resting place. They served as singers before the Dwelling of the meeting tent until Solomon built the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they performed their services in an order prescribed for them.
[1CHRON 6:16-17]
In all, those who were chosen for gatekeepers at the threshold
were two hundred and twelve. They were inscribed in the family
records of their villages. David and Samuel the seer had
established them in their position of trust. [1CHRON 9:22]
He reported this to Shaphan the scribe, saying, "I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD." Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, who brought it to the king at the same time that he was making his report to him. He said, "Your servants are doing everything that has been entrusted to them; they have turned into bullion the metals deposited in the LORD'S house and have handed it over to the overseers and the workmen."
[2CHRON 34:15-17]
Over Jerusalem I placed Hanani, my brother, and Hananiah, the
commander of the citadel, who was a more trustworthy and
God-fearing man than most. [NEH 7:2]
All Judah once more brought in the tithes of grain, wine, and oil to the storerooms; and in charge of the storerooms I appointed the priest Shelemiah, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah, one of the Levites, together with Hanan, son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, as their assistant; for these men were held to be trustworthy. It was their duty to make the distribution to their brethren. Remember this to my credit, O my God! Let not the devotion which I showed for the house of my God and its services be forgotten!
[NEH 13:12-14]
Then Tobiah replied to his father Tobit: "Everything that you have commanded me, father, I will do. But how shall I be able to obtain the money from him, since he does not know me nor do I know him? What can I show him to make him recognize me and trust me, so that he will give me the money? I do not even know which roads to take for the journey into Media!" Tobit answered his son Tobiah: "We exchanged signatures on a document written in duplicate; I divided it into two parts, and each of us kept one; his copy I put with the money. Think of it, twenty years have already passed since I deposited that money! So now, my son, find yourself a trustworthy man who will make the journey with you. We will, of course, give him a salary when you return; but get back that money from
Gabael." [TOBIT 5:1-3]
Raphael replied, "Very well, I will wait for you; but do not be long."
Tobiah went back to tell his father Tobit what had happened. He said to him, "I have just found a man who is one of our own Israelite kinsmen!" Tobit said, "Call the man, so that I may find out what family and tribe he comes from, and whether he is trustworthy enough to travel with you, son." Tobiah went out to summon the man, saying, "Young man, my father would like to see you."
[TOBIT 5:8-9]
Then Edna said to Tobiah: "My child and beloved kinsman,
may the Lord bring you back safely, and may I live long enough to
see children of you and of my daughter Sarah before I die. Before
the Lord, I entrust my daughter to your care. Never cause her
grief at any time in your life. Go in peace, my child. From now on
I am your mother, and Sarah is your beloved. May all of us be
prosperous all the days of our lives." She kissed them both
and sent them away in peace. [TOBIT 10:13]
"Here are the Assyrians, a vast force, priding themselves on horse and rider, boasting of the power of their infantry, trusting in shield and spear, bow and sling. They do not know that "
'You, the Lord, crush warfare; Lord is your name. Shatter their strength in your might, and crush their force in
your wrath; for they have resolved to profane your sanctuary, to defile the tent where your glorious name resides, and to
overthrow with iron the horns of your altar.' [JDTH 9:7-8]
"I have come to see Holofernes, the general in chief of your
forces, to give him a trustworthy report; I will show him the
route by which he can ascend and take possession of the whole
mountain district without a single one of his men suffering injury
or loss of life." [JDTH 10:13]
"Often, too, the fair speech of friends entrusted with the administration of affairs has induced many placed in authority to become accomplices in the shedding of innocent blood, and has involved them in irreparable calamities by deceiving with malicious slander the sincere good will of rulers."
[ESTH E:5-6]
He spoke to them deceitfully in peaceful terms, and won their
trust. Then he attacked the city suddenly, in a great onslaught,
and destroyed many of the people in Israel. [1MACC 1:30]
So they trusted him. But he arrested sixty of them and killed
them in one day, according to the text of Scripture [Taken from
1MACC 7:16]
They entrusted their government to one man every year, to rule
over their entire country, and they all obeyed that one, and there
was no envy or jealousy among them. [1MACC 8:16]
"Let thirty thousand Jews be enrolled in the king's army and allowances be given them, as is due to all the king's soldiers. Let some of them be stationed in the king's principal strongholds, and of these let some be given positions of trust in the affairs of the kingdom. Let their superiors and their rulers be taken from among them, and let them follow their own laws, as the king has commanded in the land of Judah." [1MACC
10:36-37]
The high priest explained that part of the money was a care fund for widows and orphans, and a part was the property of
Hyrcanus, son of Tobias, a man who occupied a very high position. Contrary to the calumnies of the impious Simon, the total amounted to four hundred talents of silver and two hundred of gold. He added that it was utterly unthinkable to defraud those who had placed their trust in the sanctity of the Place and in the sacred inviolability of a temple venerated all over the world.
[2MACC 3:10-12]
While they were imploring the almighty Lord to keep the deposits safe and secure for those who had placed them in trust, Heliodorus went on with his plan. But just as he was approaching the treasury with his bodyguards, the Lord of spirits who holds all power manifested himself in so striking a way that those who had been bold enough to follow Heliodorus were panic-stricken at God's power and fainted away in terror.
[2MACC 3:22-24]
Antiochus, suspecting insult in her words, thought he was being ridiculed. As the youngest brother was still alive, the king appealed to him, not with mere words, but with promises on oath, to make him rich and happy if he would abandon his ancestral customs: he would make him his Friend and entrust him with high office. When the youth paid no attention to him at all, the king appealed to the mother, urging her to advise her boy to save his life.
[2MACC 7:24-25]
Nevertheless, I know that my father, whenever he went on campaigns in the hinterland, would name his successor, so that, if anything unexpected happened or any unwelcome news came, the people throughout the realm would know to whom the government had
been entrusted, and so not be disturbed. I am also bearing in mind that the neighboring rulers,
especially those on the borders of our kingdom, are on the watch
for opportunities and waiting to see what will happen. I have
therefore appointed as king my son Antiochus, whom I have often
before entrusted and commended to most of you, when I made hurried
visits to the outlying provinces. [Taken from 2MACC 9:23-25]
Ptolemy, surnamed Macron, had taken the lead in treating the Jews fairly because of the previous injustice that had been done them, and he endeavored to have peaceful relations with them. As a result, he was accused before Eupator by the King's Friends. In fact, on all sides he heard himself called a traitor for having abandoned Cyprus, which Philometor had entrusted to him, and for having gone over to Antiochus
Epiphanes. Since he could not command the respect due to his high office, he ended his life by taking poison. [2MACC
10:12-13]
"Can a man be righteous as against God? Can a mortal be
blameless against his Maker? Lo, he puts no trust in his servants,
and with his angels he can find fault. How much more with those
that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who
are crushed more easily than the moth!" [JOB 4:17-19]
While it is yet green and uncut, it withers quicker than any
grass. So is the end of everyone who forgets God, and so shall the
hope of the godless man perish. His confidence is but a gossamer
thread and his trust is a spider's web. He shall rely upon his
family, but it shall not last; he shall cling to it, but it shall
not endure. [JOB 8:12-15]
He silences the trusted adviser, and takes discretion from the
aged. [JOB 12:20]
Had I put my trust in gold or called fine gold my security; Or
had I rejoiced that my wealth was great, or that my hand had
acquired abundance - Had I looked upon the sun as it shone, or the
moon in the splendor of its progress, And had my heart been
secretly enticed to waft them a kiss with my hand; This too would
be a crime for condemnation, for I should have denied God above. [JOB
31:24-28]
Will you trust him for his great strength and leave to him the
fruits of your toil? [JOB 39:11]
Why should the wicked scorn God, say in their hearts, "God doesn't care"? But you do see; you do observe this misery and sorrow; you take the matter in hand.
To you the helpless can entrust their cause; you are the defender of orphans.
[PS 10:13-14]
For the LORD'S word is true; all his works are trustworthy. [PS
33:4]
Even the friend who had my trust, who shared my table, has
scorned me. [PS 41:10]
You are my king and my God, who bestows victories on Jacob. Through you we batter our foes; through your name, trample our adversaries. Not in my bow do I trust, nor does my sword bring me victory. You have brought us victory over our enemies, shamed those who hate us.
[PS 44:5-8]
Why should I fear in evil days, when my wicked pursuers ring me round, Those who trust in their wealth and boast of their abundant riches? One cannot redeem oneself, pay to God a ransom.
[PS 49:6-8]
Anyone can see that the wisest die, the fool and the senseless pass away too, and must leave their wealth to others.
This is the destiny of those who trust in folly, the end of those so pleased with their wealth.
[Taken from PS 49:11,14]
Do not trust in extortion; in plunder put no empty hope. Though
wealth increase, do not set your heart upon it. [PS 62:11]
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths but do not speak, eyes but do not see. They have ears but do not hear, noses but do not smell. They have hands but do not feel, feet but do not walk, and no sound rises from their throats. Their makers shall be like them, all who trust in them. [PS
115:4-8]
I kept faith, even when I said, "I am greatly afflicted!" I said in my alarm, "No one can be trusted!"
[PS 116:10-11]
Better to take refuge in the LORD than to put one's trust in
mortals. [PS 118:8]
Better to take refuge in the LORD than to put one's trust in
princes. [PS 118:9]
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths but speak not; they have eyes but see not; They have ears but hear not; no breath is in their mouths.
Their makers shall be like them, all who trust in them. [PS 135:15-18]
Your reign is a reign for all ages, your dominion for all
generations. The LORD is trustworthy in every word, and faithful
in every work. [PS 145:13]
Put no trust in princes, in mere mortals powerless to save.
[PS 146:3]
A newsmonger reveals secrets, but a trustworthy man keeps a
confidence. [PROV 11:13]
He who trusts in his riches will fall, but like green leaves
the just flourish. [PROV 11:28]
A wicked messenger brings on disaster, but a trustworthy envoy
is a healing remedy. [PROV 13:17]
Entrust your works to the LORD, and your plans will succeed.
[PROV
16:3]
Many are declared to be men of virtue: but who can find one
worthy of trust? [PROV 20:6]
The wise man storms a city of the mighty, and overthrows the
stronghold in which it trusts. [PROV 21:22]
With his lips an enemy pretends, but in his inmost being he maintains deceit; When he speaks graciously, trust him not, for seven abominations are in his heart.
[PROV 26:24-25]
The trustworthy man will be richly blessed; he who is in haste
to grow rich will not go unpunished. [PROV 28:20]
He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom
is safe. [PROV 28:26]
When one finds a worthy wife, her value is far beyond pearls. Her husband, entrusting his heart to her, has an unfailing prize.
[PROV 31:10-11]
But you will that the products of your Wisdom be not idle;
therefore men trust their lives even to frailest wood, and have
been safe crossing the surge on a raft. [WISDOM 14:5]
For the worship of infamous idols is the reason and source and
extremity of all evil. For they either go mad with enjoyment, or
prophesy lies, or live lawlessly or lightly forswear themselves.
For as their trust is in soulless idols, they expect no harm when
they have sworn falsely. But on both counts shall justice overtake
them: because they thought ill of God and devoted themselves to
idols, and because they deliberately swore false oaths, despising
piety. For not the might of those that are sworn by but the
retribution of sinners ever follows upon the transgression of the
wicked. [WISDOM 14:27-31]
Wisdom instructs her children and admonishes those who seek
her. He who loves her loves life; those who seek her out win her
favor. He who holds her fast inherits glory; wherever he dwells,
the LORD bestows blessings. Those who serve her serve the Holy
One; those who love her the LORD loves. He who obeys her judges
nations; he who hearkens to her dwells in her inmost chambers. If
one trusts her, he will possess her; his descendants too will
inherit her. [SIRACH 4:11-16]
When you gain a friend, first test him, and be not too ready to trust him For one sort of friend is a friend when it suits him, but he will not be with you in time of distress.
[SIRACH 6:7-8]
If you have a wife, let her not seem odious to you; but where
there is ill-feeling, trust her not. [SIRACH 7:26]
Never trust your enemy, for his wickedness is like corrosion in bronze. Even though he acts humbly and peaceably toward you, take care to be on your guard against him.
Rub him as one polishes a brazen mirror, and you will find that there is still corrosion.
[SIRACH 12:10-11]
When invited by a man of influence, keep your distance; then he will urge you all the more. Be not bold with him lest you be
rebuffed, but keep not too far away lest you be forgotten. Engage not freely in discussion with him, trust not his many words;
For by prolonged talk he will test you, and though smiling he will probe you.
[SIRACH 13:9-11]
He who fears the LORD will do this; he who is practiced in the
law will come to wisdom. Motherlike she will meet him, like a
young bride she will embrace him, Nourish him with the bread of
understanding, and give him the water of learning to drink. He
will lean upon her and not fall, he will trust in her and not be
put to shame. She will exalt him above his fellows; in the
assembly she will make him eloquent. [SIRACH 15:1-5]
Wine and women make the mind giddy, and the companion of harlots becomes reckless. He who lightly trusts in them has no sense, and he who strays after them sins against his own life.
[SIRACH 19:2,4]
He who betrays a secret cannot be trusted, he will never find
an intimate friend. [SIRACH 27:16]
Happy the soul that fears the LORD! In whom does he trust, and who is his support? The eyes of the LORD are upon those who love him; he is their mighty shield and strong support,
A shelter from the heat, a shade from the noonday sun, a guard against stumbling, a help against falling.
[SIRACH 34:15-16]
For the LORD is one who always repays, and he will give back to you sevenfold. But offer no bribes, these he does not accept! Trust not in sacrifice of the fruits of extortion, For he is a God of justice, who knows no favorites.
[SIRACH 35:10-12]
A wife is her husband's richest treasure, a helpmate, a steadying column. A vineyard with no hedge will be overrun; a man with no wife becomes a homeless wanderer. Who will trust an armed band that shifts from city to city? Or a man who has no nest, but lodges where night overtakes him?
[SIRACH 36:24-27]
From him was to spring the man who won the favor of all: Dear
to God and men, Moses, whose memory is held in benediction. God's
honor devolved upon him, and the Lord strengthened him with
fearful powers; God wrought swift miracles at his words and
sustained him in the king's presence. He gave him the commandments
for his people, and revealed to him his glory. For his
trustworthiness and meekness God selected him from all mankind; He
permitted him to hear his voice, and led him into the cloud,
Where, face to face, he gave him the commandments, the law of life
and understanding, That he might teach his precepts to Jacob, his
judgments and decrees to Israel. [SIRACH 45:1-5]
Beloved of his people, dear to his Maker, dedicated from his
mother's womb, Consecrated to the LORD as a prophet, was Samuel,
the judge and priest. At God's word he established the kingdom and
anointed princes to rule the people. By the law of the LORD he
judged the nation, when he visited the encampments of Jacob. As a
trustworthy prophet he was sought out and his words proved him
true as a seer. [SIRACH 46:13-15]
They say to the seers, "Have no visions"; to the
prophets, "Do not descry for us what is right; speak
flatteries to us, conjure up illusions. Out of the way! Out of our
path! Let us hear no more of the Holy One of Israel."
Therefore, thus says the Holy One of Israel: Because you reject
this word, And put your trust in what is crooked and devious, and
depend on it, This guilt of yours shall be like a descending rift
Bulging out in a high wall whose crash comes suddenly, in an
instant. [ISA 30:10-13]
For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: By waiting
and by calm you shall be saved, in quiet and in trust your
strength lies. But this you did not wish. "No," you
said, "Upon horses we will flee." - Very well, flee!
"Upon swift steeds we will ride." - Not so swift as your
pursuers. A thousand shall tremble at the threat of one; if five
threaten you, you shall flee, Until you are left like a flagstaff
on the mountaintop, like a flag on the hill. Yet the LORD is
waiting to show you favor, and he rises to pity you; For the LORD
is a God of justice: blessed are all who wait for him! [ISA 30:15-18]
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who depend upon
horses; Who put their trust in chariots because of their number,
and in horsemen because of their combined power, But look not to
the Holy One of Israel nor seek the LORD! [ISA 31:1]
They shall be turned back in utter shame who trust in idols;
Who say to molten images, "You are our gods." [ISA
42:17]
No one brings suit justly, no one pleads truthfully; They trust
in emptiness and tell lies; they conceive mischief and bring forth
malice. [ISA 59:4]
Yet withal you say, "I am innocent; at least, his anger is
turned away from me." Behold, I will judge you on that word
of yours, "I have not sinned." How very base you have
become in changing your course! By Egypt will you be shamed, as
you were shamed by Assyria. From there also shall you go away with
hands upon your head; For the LORD has rejected those in whom you
trust, with them you will have no success. [JER 2:35-37]
The following message came to Jeremiah from the LORD: Stand at
the gate of the house of the LORD, and there proclaim this
message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah who enter
these gates to worship the LORD! Thus says the LORD of hosts, the
God of Israel: Reform your ways and your deeds, so that I may
remain with you in this place. Put not your trust in the deceitful
words: "This is the temple of the LORD! The temple of the
LORD! The temple of the LORD!" Only if you thoroughly reform
your ways and your deeds; if each of you deals justly with his
neighbor; if you no longer oppress the resident alien, the orphan,
and the widow; if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place,
or follow strange gods to your own harm, will I remain with you in
this place, in the land which I gave your fathers long ago and
forever. But here you are, putting your trust in deceitful words
to your own loss! Are you to steal and murder, commit adultery and
perjury, burn incense to Baal, go after strange gods that you know
not, and yet come to stand before me in this house which bears my
name, and say: "We are safe; we can commit all these
abominations again"? Has this house which bears my name
become in your eyes a den of thieves? I too see what is being
done, says the LORD. You may go to Shiloh, which I made the
dwelling place of my name in the beginning. See what I did to it
because of the wickedness of my people Israel. And now, because
you have committed all these misdeeds, says the LORD, because you
did not listen, though I spoke to you untiringly; because you did
not answer, though I called you, I will do to this house named
after me, in which you trust, and to this place which I gave to
you and your fathers, just as I did to Shiloh. I will cast you
away from me, as I cast away all your brethren, all the offspring
of Ephraim. [JER 7:1-15]
Be on your guard, everyone against his neighbor; put no trust
in any brother. Every brother apes Jacob, the supplanter, every
friend is guilty of slander. Each one deceives the other, no one
speaks the truth. They have accustomed their tongues to lying, and
are perverse, and cannot repent. [JER 9:3-4]
But, you, O LORD of hosts, O just Judge, searcher of mind and
heart, Let me witness the vengeance you take on them, for to you I
have entrusted my cause! [JER 11:20]
Lift up your eyes and see men coming from the north. Where is
the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your glory? [JER
13:20]
This is your lot, the portion measured out to you from me, says
the LORD. Because you have forgotten me, and trusted in the lying
idol [Taken from JER 13:25]
Thus says the LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh, whose heart turns away from the LORD. He is like a barren bush in the desert that enjoys no change of season,
But stands in a lava waste, a salt and empty earth. [JER 17:5-6]
O LORD of hosts, you who test the just, who probe mind and
heart, Let me witness the vengeance you take on them, for to you I
have entrusted my cause. [JER 20:12]
The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, has said: See! I will punish Amon of Thebes, and Egypt, her gods and her kings, Pharaoh, and those who trust in him. I will hand them over to those who seek their lives, to
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and his ministers. But later on Egypt shall be inhabited again, as in times past, says the
LORD. [JER 46:25-26]
Because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you also
shall be captured. Chemosh shall go into exile, his priests and
princes with him. [JER 48:7]
Chemosh shall disappoint Moab, as Israel was disappointed by
Bethel in which they trusted. [JER 48:13]
Why do you glory in your strength, your ebbing strength,
rebellious daughter? You who trust in your treasures, saying,
"Who can come against me?" I am bringing terror upon
you, says the Lord GOD of hosts, from all round about you; You
shall be scattered, each man in headlong flight, with no one to
rally the fugitives. But afterward I will change the lot of the
Ammonites, says the LORD. [JER 49:4-6]
My vengeance upon Edom I will entrust to my people Israel, who
will deal with Edom in accordance with my anger and my fury; thus
they shall know my vengeance, says the Lord GOD. [EZEK 25:14]
Yet thus says the Lord GOD: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they are scattered,
and I will restore Egypt's fortune, bringing them back to the land of
Pathros, the land of their origin, where it will be the lowliest of kingdoms, never more to set itself above the nations. I will make them few, that they may not dominate the nations. No longer shall they be for the house of Israel to trust in, but the living reminder of its guilt for having turned to follow after them. Thus they shall know that I am the LORD. [EZEK
29:13-16]
Those who trust in you cannot be put
to shame. [Taken from DAN 3:40]
Therefore the supervisors and satraps tried to find grounds for
accusation against Daniel as regards the administration. But they
could accuse him of no wrongdoing; because he was trustworthy, no
fault of neglect or misconduct was to be found in him. [DAN 6:5]
"Sow for yourselves justice, reap the fruit of piety;
Break up for yourselves a new field, for it is time to seek the
LORD, till he come and rain down justice upon you." But you
have cultivated wickedness, reaped perversity, and eaten the fruit
of falsehood. Because you have trusted in your chariots, and in
your many warriors, Turmoil shall break out among your tribes and
all your fortresses shall be ravaged [Taken from HOSEA 10:12-14]
Of what avail is the carved image, that its maker should carve
it? Or the molten image and lying oracle, that its very maker
should trust in it, and make dumb idols? [HAB 2:18]
But my words and my decrees, which I entrusted to my servants
the prophets, did not these overtake your fathers? Then they
repented and admitted: "The LORD of hosts has treated us
according to our ways and deeds, just as he had determined he
would." [ZECH 1:6]
"It will be as when a man who was going on a journey
called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. To
one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one - to
each according to his ability. Then he went away. Immediately the
one who received five talents went and traded with them, and made
another five. Likewise, the one who received two made another two.
But the man who received one went off and dug a hole in the ground
and buried his master's money. After a long time the master of
those servants came back and settled accounts with them. The one
who had received five talents came forward bringing the additional
five. He said, 'Master, you gave me five talents. See, I have made
five more.' His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and
faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will
give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master's joy.'
(Then) the one who had received two talents also came forward and
said, 'Master, you gave me two talents. See, I have made two
more.' His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful
servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you
great responsibilities. Come, share your master's joy.' Then the
one who had received the one talent came forward and said,
'Master, I knew you were a demanding person, harvesting where you
did not plant and gathering where you did not scatter; so out of
fear I went off and buried your talent in the ground. Here it is
back.' His master said to him in reply, 'You wicked, lazy servant!
So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant and gather where
I did not scatter? Should you not then have put my money in the
bank so that I could have got it back with interest on my return?
Now then! Take the talent from him and give it to the one with
ten. For to everyone who has, more will be given and he will grow
rich; but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken
away. And throw this useless servant into the darkness outside,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.'" [MT
25:14-30]
"You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not
expect, the Son of Man will come." Then Peter said,
"Lord, is this parable meant for us or for everyone?"
And the Lord replied, "Who, then, is the faithful and prudent
steward whom the master will put in charge of his servants to
distribute (the) food allowance at the proper time? Blessed is
that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so. Truly, I
say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property. But if
that servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed in coming,'
and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, to eat
and drink and get drunk, then that servant's master will come on
an unexpected day and at an unknown hour and will punish him
severely and assign him a place with the unfaithful. That servant
who knew his master's will but did not make preparations nor act
in accord with his will shall be beaten severely; and the servant
who was ignorant of his master's will but acted in a way deserving
of a severe beating shall be beaten only lightly. Much will be
required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be
demanded of the person entrusted with more." [LK 12:40-48]
"The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is
also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in
very small matters is also dishonest in great ones. If, therefore,
you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you
with true wealth? If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to
another, who will give you what is yours? No servant can serve two
masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted
to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and
mammon." [LK 16:10-13]
While he was in Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, many began to believe in his name when they saw the signs he was doing. But Jesus would not trust himself to them because he knew them all,
and did not need anyone to testify about human nature. He himself understood it well.
[JN 2:23-25]
The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things. But the one who comes from heaven (is above all). He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. Whoever does accept his testimony certifies that God is trustworthy.
[JN 3:31-33]
What advantage is there then in being a Jew? Or what is the
value of circumcision? Much, in every respect. (For) in the first
place, they were entrusted with the utterances of God. What if
some were unfaithful? Will their infidelity nullify the fidelity
of God? Of course not! God must be true, though every human being
is a liar, as it is written: "That you may be justified in
your words, and conquer when you are judged." [ROM 3:1-4]
But thanks be to God that, although you were once slaves of
sin, you have become obedient from the heart to the pattern of
teaching to which you were entrusted. [ROM 6:17]
Thus should one regard us: as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Now it is of course required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.
[1COR 4:1-2]
Now in regard to virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy. So this is what I think best because of the present distress: that it is a good thing for a person to remain as he is. [1COR
7:25-26]
If I preach the gospel, this is no reason for me to boast, for an obligation has been imposed on me, and woe to me if I do not preach it! If I do so willingly, I have a recompense, but if unwillingly, then I have been entrusted with a stewardship. What then is my recompense? That, when I preach, I offer the gospel free of charge so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel. [1COR
9:16-18]
Consequently, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh; even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer. So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come. And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation,
namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
[2COR 5:16-19]
Moreover, not even Titus, who was with me, although he was a
Greek, was compelled to be circumcised, but because of the false
brothers secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy on our freedom
that we have in Christ Jesus, that they might enslave us - to them
we did not submit even for a moment, so that the truth of the
gospel might remain intact for you. But from those who were
reputed to be important (what they once were makes no difference
to me; God shows no partiality) - those of repute made me add
nothing. On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted
with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter to the
circumcised, for the one who worked in Peter for an apostolate to
the circumcised worked also in me for the Gentiles, and when they
recognized the grace bestowed upon me, James and Kephas and John,
who were reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas their right
hands in partnership, that we should go to the Gentiles and they
to the circumcised. Only, we were to be mindful of the poor, which
is the very thing I was eager to do. [GAL 2:3-10]
So that you also may have news of me and of what I am doing,
Tychicus, my beloved brother and trustworthy minister in the Lord,
will tell you everything. [EPH 6:21]
We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, when we pray for you, for we have heard of your faith in
Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the holy ones
because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. Of this you have
already heard through the word of truth, the gospel, that has come
to you. Just as in the whole world it is bearing fruit and
growing, so also among you, from the day you heard it and came to
know the grace of God in truth, as you learned it from Epaphras
our beloved fellow slave, who is a trustworthy minister of Christ
on your behalf and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
[COL 1:3-8]
Tychicus, my beloved brother, trustworthy minister, and fellow slave in the Lord, will tell you all the news of me.
I am sending him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know about us and that he may encourage your hearts, together with
Onesimus, a trustworthy and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you about everything here. [COL
4:7-9]
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our reception among you was not without effect.
Rather, after we had suffered and been insolently treated, as you know, in Philippi, we drew courage through our God to speak to you the gospel of God with much struggle. Our exhortation was not from delusion or impure motives, nor did it work through deception. But as we were judged worthy
by God to be entrusted with the gospel, that is how we speak, not as trying to please human
beings, but rather God, who judges our hearts. [1THES 2:1-4]
We know that the law is good, provided that one uses it as law,
with the understanding that law is meant not for a righteous person but for the lawless and unruly, the godless and sinful, the unholy and profane, those who kill their fathers or mothers, murderers, the unchaste, practicing homosexuals,
kidnapers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is opposed to sound teaching, according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
[1TM 1:8-11]
I am grateful to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our
Lord, because he considered me trustworthy in appointing me to the
ministry. [1TM 1:12]
This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ
Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Of these I am the
foremost. [1TM 1:15]
I entrust this charge to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophetic words once spoken about you. Through them may you fight a good fight by having faith and a good conscience. Some, by rejecting conscience, have made a shipwreck of their faith, among them Hymenaeus
and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.
[1TM 1:18-20]
This saying is trustworthy: whoever aspires to the office of
bishop desires a noble task. [1TM 3:1]
If you will give these instructions to the brothers, you will
be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the words of the
faith and of the sound teaching you have followed. Avoid profane
and silly myths. Train yourself for devotion, for, while physical
training is of limited value, devotion is valuable in every
respect, since it holds a promise of life both for the present and
for the future. This saying is trustworthy and deserves full
acceptance. For this we toil and struggle, because we have set our
hope on the living God, who is the savior of all, especially of
those who believe. Command and teach these things. [1TM 4:6-11]
O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid profane babbling and the absurdities of so-called knowledge. By professing it, some people have deviated from the faith. Grace be with all of you. [1TM
6:20-21]
So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me,
a prisoner for his sake; but bear your share of hardship for the
gospel with the strength that comes from God. He saved us and
called us to a holy life, not according to our works but according
to his own design and the grace bestowed on us in Christ Jesus
before time began, but now made manifest through the appearance of
our savior Christ Jesus, who destroyed death and brought life and
immortality to light through the gospel, for which I was appointed
preacher and apostle and teacher. On this account I am suffering
these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know him in whom I have
believed and am confident that he is able to guard what has been
entrusted to me until that day. Take as your norm the sound words
that you heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ
Jesus. Guard this rich trust with the help of the Holy Spirit that
dwells within us. [2TM 1:8-14]
So you, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
And what you heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will have the ability to teach others as well.
[2TM 2:1-2]
Therefore, I bear with everything for the sake of those who are
chosen, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in
Christ Jesus, together with eternal glory. This saying is
trustworthy: If we have died with him we shall also live with him;
if we persevere we shall also reign with him. But if we deny him
he will deny us. If we are unfaithful he remains faithful, for he
cannot deny himself. [2TM 2:10-13]
Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ for the sake
of the faith of God's chosen ones and the recognition of religious
truth, in the hope of eternal life that God, who does not lie,
promised before time began, who indeed at the proper time revealed
his word in the proclamation with which I was entrusted by the
command of God our savior, to Titus, my true child in our common
faith: grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our
savior. [TI 1:1-4]
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deluded,
slaves to various desires and pleasures, living in malice and
envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another. But when the
kindness and generous love of God our savior appeared, not because
of any righteous deeds we had done but because of his mercy, he
saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
whom he richly poured out on us through Jesus Christ our savior,
so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in
hope of eternal life. his saying is trustworthy. I want you to
insist on these points, that those who have believed in God be
careful to devote themselves to good works; these are excellent
and beneficial to others. Avoid foolish arguments, genealogies,
rivalries, and quarrels about the law, for they are useless and
futile. After a first and second warning, break off contact with a
heretic, realizing that such a person is perverted and sinful and
stands self-condemned. [TI 3:3-11]
With trust in your compliance I write to you, knowing that you
will do even more than I say. [PHLM 1:21]
For it was fitting that he, for whom and through whom all
things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the
leader to their salvation perfect through suffering. He who
consecrates and those who are being consecrated all have one
origin. Therefore, he is not ashamed to call them
"brothers," saying: "I will proclaim your name to
my brothers, in the midst of the assembly I will praise you";
and again: "I will put my trust in him"; and again:
"Behold, I and the children God has given me." [HEB 2:10-13]
Therefore, brothers, since through the blood of Jesus we have
confidence of entrance into the sanctuary by the new and living
way he opened for us through the veil, that is, his flesh, and
since we have "a great priest over the house of God,"
let us approach with a sincere heart and in absolute trust, with
our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies
washed in pure water. Let us hold unwaveringly to our confession
that gives us hope, for he who made the promise is trustworthy. [HEB
10:19-23]
By faith he received power to generate, even though he was past
the normal age - and Sarah herself was sterile - for he thought that
the one who had made the promise was trustworthy. [HEB 11:11]
Beloved, do not trust every spirit but test the spirits to see
whether they belong to God, because many false prophets have gone
out into the world. [1JN 4:1]
Then I saw thrones; those who sat on them were entrusted with
judgment. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for
their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, and who had not
worshiped the beast or its image nor had accepted its mark on
their foreheads or hands. They came to life and they reigned with
Christ for a thousand years. [RV 20:4]
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and
the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. I also
saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from
God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. I heard a loud
voice from the throne saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with
the human race. He will dwell with them and they will be his
people and God himself will always be with them (as their God). He
will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more
death or mourning, wailing or pain, (for) the old order has passed
away." The one who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I
make all things new." Then he said, "Write these words
down, for they are trustworthy and true." [RV 21:1-5]
And he said to me, "These words are trustworthy and true, and the Lord, the God of prophetic spirits, sent his angel to show his servants what must happen soon." "Behold, I am coming
soon." Blessed is the one who keeps the prophetic message of this book.
[RV 22:6-7]
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