Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Flesh
General references
Bible References
Cursed
Psalm 62:9 Men are only a vapor;
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
Psalm 118:8 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in man.
than to trust in man.
Psalm 146:3 Do not trust in nobles,
in man, who cannot save.
in man, who cannot save.
Isaiah 2:22 Put no more trust in man,
who has only the breath in his nostrils.
What is he really worth?
who has only the breath in his nostrils.
What is he really worth?
Isaiah 30:1 Woe to the rebellious children!
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They carry out a plan, but not Mine;
they make an alliance,
but against My will,
piling sin on top of sin.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They carry out a plan,
they make an alliance,
but against My will,
piling sin on top of sin.
Isaiah 36:6
Look, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will enter and pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. This is how Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who trust in him.
Ezekiel 29:6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt
will know that I am Yahweh,
for they have been a staff made of reed
to the house of Israel.
will know that I am Yahweh,
for they
to the house of Israel.
Flesh
2 Chronicles 32:8
He has only human strength, but we have Yahweh our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people relied on the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.
Isaiah 31:3 Egyptians are men, not God;
their horses are flesh, not spirit.
When the Lord raises His hand to strike,
the helper will stumble
and the one who is helped will fall;
both will perish together.
their horses are flesh, not spirit.
When the Lord raises His hand to strike,
the helper will stumble
and the one who is helped will fall;
both will perish together.
Whose
Psalm 18:21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not turned from my God to wickedness.
and have not turned from my God to wickedness.
Isaiah 59:15 Truth is missing,
and whoever turns from evil is plundered.
The Lord saw that there was no justice,
and He was offended.
and whoever turns from evil is plundered.
and He was offended.
Ezekiel 6:9
Then your survivors will remember Me among the nations where they are taken captive, how I was crushed by their promiscuous hearts that turned away from Me and by their eyes that lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves because of the evil things they did, their detestable practices of every kind.
Hosea 1:2
When the Lord first spoke to Hosea, He said this to him:
Go and marry a promiscuous wife
and have children of promiscuity,
for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuity
by abandoning the Lord.
and have children of promiscuity,
for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuity
by abandoning the Lord.
Hebrews 3:12
Watch out, brothers, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that departs from the living God.
General references
2 Kings 7:20
This is what happened to him: the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.
Psalm 118:8 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in man.
than to trust in man.