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Word of the Day: Catachrestical

Trusting [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Confiding in; giving credit; relying on.

Trusting [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having or exercising trust; confiding; unsuspecting; trustful.

Trusting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Trust

Trustingly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

With trust or implicit confidence.

King James Bible KJV Bible

Berean Standard Bible BSB Bible

3 KJV and 7 BSB verses contain “Trusting”

2 Kings 18:20

Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?

2 Kings 18:21

Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Psalms 112:7

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.

Isaiah 30:12

Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,

Isaiah 36:5

I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?

Isaiah 36:6

Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Jeremiah 7:8

Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

Sirach 26:20

When thou hast gotten a fruitful possession through all the field, sow it with thine own seed, trusting in the goodness of thy stock.

2 Maccabees 10:34

And they that were within, trusting to the strength of the place, blasphemed exceedingly, and uttered wicked words.