Jeremiah 17:5
"Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD."
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- Psalms 118:8
"It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 146:3
"Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 2:22
"Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?"
Read in chapter → - 2 Chronicles 32:8
"With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 31:1
"Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!"
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 30:1
"Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:"
Read in chapter → - 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."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 62:9
"Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 18:21
"For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God."
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 29:6
"And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel."
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