(Jer. 17:5-11) “Thus says the Lord:
‘cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the Lord. for he shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land which is not inhabited.
Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord. for he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? I the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings. As a partridge (hen sitting on eggs) that broods but does not hatch, so is he who gets riches, but not by right (through deception); it will leave him in the midst of his days, and at his end he will be a fool.”
(Ps. 55:22) “Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.”
(Ps. 37:3-7, 39-40) “Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your ways to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.
He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.”
(Is. 30:18) “Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; and therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for Him.”
(Is. 26:2-4) “Open the gate that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in. You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for on Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength. For He brings down those who dwell on high.”