Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.

Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.

I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:

Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.

In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.

Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.

They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.

So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.