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confidence

Meaning of “confidence”

Sense 1: Trust, assurance, boldness, or settled reliance. Sense 2: The person or thing in which trust is placed.

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KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616Cawdrey 1604
38 occurrences38 verses18 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Judges 9:26

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Proverbs 21:22
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 21:22 · retained source text

A wise man scaleth the citie of the mightie, and casteth downe the strength of the confidence thereof.

1611 marginal noteEccles.9.14.

Isaiah 30:15
For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 30:15 · retained source text

For thus saith the LORD God, the Holy one of Israel, In returning and rest shall ye be saued, in quietnesse and in confidence shalbe your strength, and ye would not:

Isaiah 36:4
¶ And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
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1611 witness · Isaiah 36:4 · retained source text

¶ And Rabshakeh sayd vnto them; Say yee now to Hezekiah; Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria; What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

Jeremiah 48:13
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 48:13 · retained source text

And Moab shall bee ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.

Ezekiel 28:26
And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the Lord their God.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 28:26 · retained source text

And they shal dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards: yea, they shall dwell with confidence when I haue executed iudgments vpon all those that despise them round about them, and they shal know that I am the LORD their God.

1611 marginal noteOr, with confidence.

1611 marginal noteOr, spoile.

Ezekiel 29:16
And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 29:16 · retained source text

And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall looke after them: but they shall know that I am the LORD God.

Micah 7:5
¶ Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
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1611 witness · Micah 7:5 · retained source text

¶ Trust yee not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keepe the doores of thy mouth from her that lyeth in thy bosome.

Acts 28:31
Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
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1611 witness · Acts 28:31 · retained source text

Preaching the kingdome of God, and teaching those things which concerne the Lord Iesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.

2 Corinthians 1:15
And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 1:15 · retained source text

And in this confidence I was minded to come vnto you before, that you might haue a second benefit:

1611 marginal noteOr, grace.

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