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| − | [[File:512px-Solomon and the Plan for the Temple.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths." - King [[Solomon]], Proverbs 3: 5-6, NRSV]]
| + | '''Confidence''' is "trust or belief in the ability or worth of a person, thing, or situation, often based on past experiences and evidence. [[Self-confidence]], in contrast, is the internal, deep-seated belief in one's own overall abilities, judgment, and inherent capacity to succeed, especially in new or unproven situations where external evidence is lacking."<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=confidence+vs.+self-confidence&oq=confidence&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCAgAEEUYJxg7MggIABBFGCcYOzIWCAEQRRg5GEMYRhj5ARixAxiABBiKBTISCAIQABhDGIMBGLEDGIAEGIoFMhAIAxAAGJECGLEDGIAEGIoFMhMIBBAAGIMBGJECGLEDGIAEGIoFMgYIBRBFGDwyBggGEEUYPDIGCAcQLhhA0gEIMjIwN2owajGoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Confidence vs. self-confidence]</ref> |
| − | '''Confidence''' is the faith and/or belief that one will act in a right, proper, or effective way.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confidence Confidence], Merriam-Webster dictionary</ref> In addition, it can also involved confidence in one's abilities (See: [[Self-efficacy]]).<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confidence Confidence], Merriam-Webster dictionary</ref> The word confidence comes from the Latin word fidere which means "to trust". | |
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| − | Overconfidence, which is excessive confidence often to an overwhelming degree, is called [[hubris]].
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| − | == Bible warning to put your trust in God and not put your confidence in the flesh == | |
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| − | Wise King [[Solomon]] wrote: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths." - Proverbs 3: 5-6, NRSV
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| − | [[Jesus Christ]] told his disciples, "When the [[Holy Spirit|Spirit of truth]] comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come." - John 16:13 NRSV
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| − | The biblical prophet [[Jeremiah]] wrote: "Thus says the Lord: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength, whose hearts turn away from the Lord. They shall be like a shrub in the desert and shall not see when relief comes. They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. They shall be like a tree planted by water,
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| − | sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit. The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse — who can understand it? I the Lord test the mind and search the heart, to give to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their doings." - Jeremiah: 17: 5-10, NRSV
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