Believe In

Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.

Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”

“This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”

And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.

But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”

and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.

When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.

The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.” And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had said.

And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”

But in spite of all this, you did not trust the LORD your God,

And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.

So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.

But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”

But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.

But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.

But I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me. You have far exceeded the report I heard.

Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”

So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”

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

If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,

He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.

Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.

If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.

Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.

Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.

In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.

Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.”

Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.

The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.

When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.

The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”

So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.

“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.

Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.

and said to him, “Are you aware that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.

The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.

Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

“Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.