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Definition and Meaning:
The term "confident" in a biblical context refers to a firm trust or belief in God, His promises, and His character. It denotes a sense of assurance and reliance on God's faithfulness and sovereignty. Confidence is often associated with faith and hope, reflecting a believer's trust in God's plan and provision.

Biblical Usage:
The concept of confidence is woven throughout Scripture, often linked with faith and trust in God. It is portrayed as an essential quality for believers, enabling them to face challenges and uncertainties with assurance.

Old Testament References:
In the Old Testament, confidence is frequently associated with trust in God rather than in human strength or wisdom. Proverbs 3:26 states, "For the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught." This verse highlights the protective and sustaining nature of divine confidence.

The Psalms often express confidence in God's protection and deliverance. Psalm 27:3 declares, "Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust." Here, confidence is depicted as a steadfast trust in God's ability to save and protect.

New Testament References:
In the New Testament, confidence is closely linked with faith in Jesus Christ and the assurance of salvation. Hebrews 10:35 encourages believers, "So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward." This passage underscores the importance of maintaining confidence in the promises of God, particularly in the context of perseverance and faithfulness.

The Apostle Paul frequently speaks of confidence in his letters. In Philippians 1:6, he writes, "being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will continue to perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." Paul's confidence is rooted in the faithfulness of God to complete the work He has started in believers.

Theological Significance:
Confidence in the biblical sense is not self-reliance but a deep-seated trust in God's character and promises. It is an expression of faith that transcends circumstances and is grounded in the knowledge of God's sovereignty and goodness. This confidence is both a gift and a discipline, cultivated through prayer, study of Scripture, and reliance on the Holy Spirit.

Practical Implications for Believers:
Believers are encouraged to cultivate confidence in their spiritual walk, trusting in God's guidance and provision. This confidence enables them to face trials with courage and to live boldly for Christ. It also fosters a sense of peace and assurance, knowing that God is in control and that His purposes will prevail.

Related Concepts:
· Faith: Confidence is closely related to faith, as both involve trust in God and His promises.
· Hope: Confidence often accompanies hope, providing assurance of future fulfillment of God's promises.
· Assurance: Confidence provides believers with assurance of their salvation and God's ongoing work in their lives.

Conclusion:
While the Bible does not promise a life free from difficulties, it does offer believers the assurance of God's presence and faithfulness. Confidence, therefore, is a vital aspect of the Christian life, empowering believers to live with boldness and trust in the midst of life's uncertainties.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Self-assured; having strong belief or full assurance.

Greek

2292. tharreo -- to be of good courage
... Transliteration: tharreo Phonetic Spelling: (thar-hreh'-o) Short Definition: I am
courageous, of good cheer Definition: I am courageous, confident, of good ...
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3955. parresiazomai -- to speak freely or boldly
... parresiazomai Phonetic Spelling: (par-hray-see-ad'-zom-ahee) Short Definition: I
speak freely, boldly Definition: I speak freely, boldly; I am confident. ...
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5287. hupostasis -- a support, substance, steadiness, hence ...
... under (support), ie (figuratively) concretely, essence, or abstractly, assurance
(objectively or subjectively) -- confidence, confident, person, substance. ...
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1226. diabebaioomai -- to affirm confidently
... Word Origin from dia and bebaioo Definition to affirm confidently NASB Word Usage
make confident assertions (1), speak confidently (1). affirm constantly. ...
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1340. diischurizomai -- to lean upon, affirm confidently
... Word Origin from dia and ischurizomai (to rely on something, feel confident); from
ischuros Definition to lean upon, affirm confidently NASB Word Usage insist ...
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3982. peitho -- to persuade, to have confidence
... verb Definition to persuade, to have confidence NASB Word Usage assure (1), confident
(3), convinced (7), followed (2), have confidence (2), having confidence ...
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4006. pepoithesis -- confidence
... [4006 () is used of (confidence) in Phil 3:4.]. Word Origin from peitho Definition
confidence NASB Word Usage confidence (5), confident (1). confidence, trust. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

982. batach -- to trust
... root Definition to trust NASB Word Usage bold (1), careless (1), complacent (3),
confident (2), fall down (1), felt secure (1), have (2), have confidence (1 ...
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Library

Christian Standing and Christian Progress
... given in ver.3: "We are the circumcision, we who by God's Spirit worship, and who
exult in Christ Jesus, and who, not in the flesh, are confident." This is a ...
/.../moule/philippian studies/chapter ix christian standing and.htm

Rom. Ii. 17, 18
... "And art confident that thou thyself.". Here again he does not say that thou art
"a guide of the blind," but "thou art confident," so thou boastest, he says. ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily vi rom ii 17.htm

An Abstract of a Speech Delivered by Lord Warriston, Before the ...
... the same. I am confident you will make as much conscience not to be deficient
in the discharge of your commission from Christ. But ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/an abstract of a speech.htm

Preface. And as to Christ Thy Lord
... Now, as we are confident these sermons were preached at first by that blessed, serious
labourer in the work of the ministry, Mr. Hugh Binning, with a special ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/preface and as to christ.htm

The Holy Spirit Setting the Believer Free from the Power of ...
... the saddest things ever witnessed is the way in which some people who have entered
by the Spirit's power into a life of victory become self-confident and fancy ...
/.../torrey/the person and work of the holy spirit/chapter xi the holy spirit.htm

Hebrews xi. 7
... Either then he means this, or, that they did not indeed receive them, but died in
confidence respecting them, and they were [thus] confident through Faith only ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xxiii hebrews xi 7.htm

The Warning
... the only time when we are told that our Savior sang, evidently because no other
occasion needed mention; a warning to those who draw confident inferences from ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 14 26-31 the warning.htm

The National Preacher.
... While sufficient light is afforded to guide the sincere inquirer, there is an
obscurity to perplex and offend the proud and self-confident. ...
/.../leland/the national preacher vol 2 no 7 dec 1827/the national preacher.htm

Book Six Turmoil in the Twenties. ...
... Instead, she was fully confident that thou who hadst promised the whole would give
her the rest, and thus most calmly, and with a fully confident heart, she ...
/.../augustine/confessions and enchiridion/book six turmoil in the.htm

The Approbation of Goodness is not the Love of It.
... Like a powerful logician who is confident that he has the truth upon his side, and
like a pureminded man who has no sinister ends to gain, he often takes his ...
/.../shedd/sermons to the natural man/the approbation of goodness is.htm

Thesaurus

Confident (42 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Self-assured; having strong belief or full assurance.
Multi-Version Concordance Confident (42 Occurrences). ...
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Confidence (103 Occurrences)
... always of good courage" (2 Corinthians 5:6); "I am of good courage concerning you"
(2 Corinthians 7:16), the King James Version "confident" and "confidence ...
/c/confidence.htm - 39k

Secure (78 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy
in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident. ...
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Easy (14 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). Isaiah 32:9 Women, easy ones, rise, hear my voice,
Daughters, confident ones, give ear 'to' my saying, (YLT). ...
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Disappointed (69 Occurrences)
... won't by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared,
we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in this confident boasting ...
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Bold (21 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or
confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent. ...
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Complacent (5 Occurrences)
... (See NAS RSV NIV). Isaiah 32:10 After a year and days shall ye be troubled, ye
confident women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come. ...
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Stagger (20 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or
determined; to hesitate. 4. (vt) To cause to reel or totter. ...
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Sure (142 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Certainly knowing and believing; confident
beyond doubt; implicitly trusting; unquestioning; positive. ...
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Trust (201 Occurrences)
... 17. (vi) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
18. (vi) To be confident, as of something future; to hope. 19. ...
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Resources

What does the Bible say about confidence? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean to wait on the Lord? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about hope? | GotQuestions.org

Confident: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Confident (42 Occurrences)

Romans 2:19
and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS)

2 Corinthians 2:3
And I write this to you in order that when I come I may not receive pain from those who ought to give me joy, confident as I am as to all of you that my joy is the joy of you all.
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 5:6
Therefore, we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;
(WEB KJV DBY WBS NIV)

2 Corinthians 5:8
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
(KJV DBY WBS NIV)

2 Corinthians 7:16
I rejoice that in everything I am confident as to you.
(DBY)

2 Corinthians 9:4
so that I won't by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in this confident boasting.
(WEB KJV WBS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 10:7
Is it outward appearances you look to? If any man is confident as regards himself that he specially belongs to Christ, let him consider again and reflect that just as he belongs to Christ, so also do we.
(WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Ephesians 3:12
in whom we have this bold and confident access through our faith in Him.
(WEY NAS)

Philippians 1:6
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Philippians 1:14
and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS RSV)

1 Timothy 1:7
They are ambitious to be teachers of the Law, although they do not understand either their own words or what the things are about which they make such confident assertions.
(WEY ASV NAS NIV)

2 Timothy 1:12
That indeed is the reason why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know in whom my trust reposes, and I am confident that He has it in His power to keep what I have entrusted to Him safe until that day.
(WEY)

Philemon 1:21
Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.
(DBY YLT RSV NIV)

Hebrews 6:9
and we are persuaded, concerning you, beloved, the things that are better, and accompanying salvation, though even thus we speak,
(See NIV)

Hebrews 10:35
Therefore do not cast from you your confident hope, for it will receive a vast reward.
(WEY)

1 John 2:28
And now, dear children, continue in union with Him; so that, if He re-appears, we may have perfect confidence, and may not shrink away in shame from His presence at His Coming.
(See NIV)

Judges 8:11
And Gideon goeth up the way of those who tabernacle in tents, on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smiteth the camp, and the camp was confident;
(YLT)

Judges 18:10
When ye go, ye come in unto a people confident, and the land 'is' large on both hands, for God hath given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of anything which 'is' in the land.'
(YLT)

Judges 18:27
And they have taken that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and come in against Laish, against a people quiet and confident, and smite them by the mouth of the sword, and the city have burnt with fire,
(YLT)

Job 6:20
They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Job 40:23
Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 27:3
Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 27:13
I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 31:6
I have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I toward Jehovah have been confident.
(YLT)

Psalms 56:3
The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee.
(YLT)

Psalms 112:7
Of an evil report he is not afraid, Prepared is His heart, confident in Jehovah.
(YLT)

Proverbs 11:15
Evil 'one' suffereth when he hath been surety 'for' a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.
(YLT)

Proverbs 11:28
Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.
(YLT)

Proverbs 14:16
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Proverbs 28:1
The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.
(YLT)

Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man causeth a snare, And the confident in Jehovah is set on high.
(YLT)

Isaiah 26:3
An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace -- peace! For in Thee it is confident.
(YLT)

Isaiah 32:9
Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.
(See JPS YLT)

Isaiah 32:10
For days beyond a year shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.
(See JPS YLT)

Isaiah 32:11
Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird'sackcloth upon your loins.
(See JPS YLT)

Isaiah 47:10
And thou art confident in thy wickedness, Thou hast said, 'There is none seeing me,' Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, It is turning thee back, And thou sayest in thy heart, 'I 'am', and none else.'
(YLT)

Jeremiah 12:5
For -- with footmen thou hast run, And they weary thee, And how dost thou fret thyself with horses! Even in the land of peace, 'In which' thou art confident -- And how dost thou in the rising of Jordan!
(YLT)

Ezekiel 30:9
In that day shall messengers go forth from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid; and there shall be anguish upon them, as in the day of Egypt; for, lo, it cometh.
(See JPS YLT)

Ezekiel 34:27
And given hath the tree of the field its fruit, And the land doth give her increase, And they have been on their land confident, And they have known that I 'am' Jehovah, In My breaking the bands of their yoke, And I have delivered them from the hand of those laying service on them.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 39:6
And I have sent a fire against Magog, And against the confident inhabitants of the isles, And they have known that I 'am' Jehovah.
(YLT)

Amos 6:1
Wo 'to' those secure in Zion, And those confident in the mount of Samaria, The marked of the chief of the nations, And come to them have the house of Israel.
(YLT)

Micah 2:8
And yesterday My people for an enemy doth raise himself up, From the outer garment the honourable ornament ye strip off, From the confident passers by, Ye who are turning back from war.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Confident

Related Terms

Confidence (103 Occurrences)

Secure (78 Occurrences)

Easy (14 Occurrences)

Disappointed (69 Occurrences)

Bold (21 Occurrences)

Complacent (5 Occurrences)

Stagger (20 Occurrences)

Sure (142 Occurrences)

Trust (201 Occurrences)