Thematic Bible: In man
Thematic Bible
false Confidence » In man
The king is not saved by the great size of his army;
A warrior is not rescued by his great strength.
When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah his wound,
Then Ephraim went to Assyria [instead of the Lord]
And sent to [Assyria’s] great King Jareb [for help].
But he cannot heal you
Nor will he cure you of your wound [received in judgment].
Ephraim also is like a silly dove, without heart or good sense;
They call to Egypt [for help], they go to Assyria.
Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion).
In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value];
They are together lighter than a breath.
Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time];
For why should he be esteemed?
Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind,
Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength,
And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.
Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no help. When his breath leaves him, he returns to his earth; in that very day his [previous] thoughts, plans, and purposes perish.
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- Being Confident
- Being Saved
- Believing In Yourself
- Betrayal
- Betrayal, God Never Will
- Causes of failure in
- Comparative Measures
- Confidence
- Confidence And Self Esteem
- Danger From Men
- Death, Description Of
- Disappointment
- Faith And Trust
- Faith In God
- False Confidence
- Folly, Effects Of
- Folly, Examples Of
- Foolishness Of Men
- Fools, Characteristics Of
- Forsaking God
- Futility
- Gentile Rulers
- Guidance, Need For God's
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- Hope And Faith
- Judgement On Backsliders
- Kings And Pride
- Leaders, Political
- Light As Chaff
- Limitations Of Strength
- Mere Men
- No Healing
- Noses
- Nostrils
- Not Being Alone
- Not Seeking God
- Prayerlessness
- Protection, Not Found In
- Putting God First
- Refuge
- Salvation By Other Things
- Self Confidence
- Self Righteousness, And The Gospel
- Strength And Faith
- Strength, Human
- The Frailty Of Man
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