The Idiocy of Boasting in the Uncertain

Jeremiah 9:24 (NIV) but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands

and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD.

Galatians 6:14 (NIV) May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus

Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

James 4:6b (NIV)That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives

grace to the humble."

Hosea 13:3 (NIV)Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew

that disappears, like chaff swirling from a threshing floor, like smoke escaping through a window.

Prov 27:1 (NIV)Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day

may bring forth.

Matt 8:2-3 (NIV) A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, "Lord,

if you are willing, you can make me clean." 3 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!"Immediately he was cured of his leprosy.

Acts 18:21 (NIV) But as he left, he promised, "I will come back if it is God's

will." Then he set sail from Ephesus.

1 Cor 4:19 (NIV)But I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I

will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have.

Prov 16:9 (NIV) In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his

steps.

Prov 19:21 (NIV)Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose

that prevails.

Prov 20:24 (NLT) How can we understand the road we travel? It is the LORD who

directs our steps.

Ps 37:23 (NIV) The steps of the godly are directed by the LORD. He delights in

every detail of their lives.

Jer 10:23 (NIV)I know, LORD, that a person's life is not his own. No one is able to

plan his own course.