Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.

They told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt.” Jacob was stunned; he did not believe them.

Signs for Moses

Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?”

“This,” said the Lord, “is so that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”

Then the Lord said, “If they do not believe you or pay attention to the first sign, they may believe the second.

But if they do not believe these two signs or listen to you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the river will become blood on the ground.”

and they believed. And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.

The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the signs I have performed among them?

But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told me; in wisdom and wealth you have far exceeded the report I heard.

and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, his palace administrator. (Obadiah was a devout believer in the Lord.

But I did not believe what they said until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half the greatness of your wisdom was told me; you have far exceeded the report I heard.

Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you and mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my predecessors. How much less will your god deliver you from my hand!”

Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing.

You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.’

When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them.

for they did not believe in God or trust in his deliverance.

In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.

Then they believed his promises and sang his praise.

Then they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his promise.

The simple believe anything, but the prudent give thought to their steps.

Though their speech is charming, do not believe them, for seven abominations fill their hearts.

“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.

Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

and said to him, “Don’t you know that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.

The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the peoples of the world, that enemies and foes could enter the gates of Jerusalem.