Jeremiah 17:5
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.
Isaiah 2:22
Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time];
For why should he be esteemed?
2 Chronicles 32:8
With him there is only an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Psalm 118:8-9
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.
Psalm 18:21
For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
Psalm 62:9
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.
Psalm 146:3-4
Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
Isaiah 30:1-7
“Who carry out a plan, but not Mine,
And make an alliance [by pouring out a libation], but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
Isaiah 31:1-9
Who rely on horses
And trust in chariots because they are many,
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek and consult the Lord!
Isaiah 36:6
Listen carefully, you rely on the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.
Isaiah 59:15
Yes, truth is missing;
And he who turns away from evil makes himself a prey.
Now the Lord saw it,
And it
Ezekiel 6:9
Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations to which they will be exiled, how I have been broken by their lewdness and their adulterous hearts which have turned away from Me, and by their eyes which lust after their idols; and they will loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed, for all their repulsive acts.
Ezekiel 29:6-7
“And all the inhabitants of Egypt will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord,
Because they have been [only] a staff made of [fragile] reeds to the house of Israel.
Hosea 1:2
When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, take for yourself a
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Cursed
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.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.
Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time];
For why should he be esteemed?
“Who carry out a plan, but not Mine,
And make an alliance [by pouring out a libation], but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
“And all the inhabitants of Egypt will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord,
Because they have been [only] a staff made of [fragile] reeds to the house of Israel.
Flesh
Now the Egyptians are men and not God,
And their horses are flesh and not spirit;
And the Lord will stretch out His hand,
And he (Egypt) who helps will stumble,
And he (Judah) who is helped will fall,
And all of them will perish together.
Whose
For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
Yes, truth is missing;
And he who turns away from evil makes himself a prey.
Now the Lord saw it,
And it
General references
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.