Confidence See also Belief, Believe; Faith; Trust Having an assurance, belief, trust, or faith in something, especially God and Jesus Christ. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man, Ps. 118:8. The Lord shall be thy confidence, Prov. 3:26. When Christ shall appear, we may have confidence, 1Â Jn. 2:28. The wicked Nephites lost the confidence of their children, Jacob 2:35. Then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God, D&C 121:45.