Psalm 108:12

Give us help against the enemy, because human help is useless.

Job 9:13

"God doesn't restrain his anger. Rahab's assistants are humiliated under him.

Job 16:2

"I've heard many things like this. What miserable comforters you all are!

Psalm 20:1-9

May the LORD answer you in the day of distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

Psalm 146:3-5

Do not look to nobles, nor to mere human beings who cannot save.

Isaiah 2:22

"Stop trusting in human beings, whose life breath is in their nostrils, for what are they really worth?"

Isaiah 30:3-5

But Pharaoh's protection will become your shame, and sheltering in Egypt's shadow your longing.

Isaiah 31:3

The Egyptians are men, not God, and their horses are physical, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out his hand, anyone who assists will stumble, and the one who is helped will fall; and they will all perish together."

Jeremiah 17:5-8

This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind, who makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from the LORD.

Lamentations 4:17

Our eyes failed, searching in vain for hope; we kept watching and looking for a nation that would not help.

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Summary

Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

Bible References

For vain

Psalm 146:3
Do not look to nobles, nor to mere human beings who cannot save.
Job 9:13
"God doesn't restrain his anger. Rahab's assistants are humiliated under him.
Job 16:2
"I've heard many things like this. What miserable comforters you all are!
Isaiah 2:22
"Stop trusting in human beings, whose life breath is in their nostrils, for what are they really worth?"
Isaiah 30:3
But Pharaoh's protection will become your shame, and sheltering in Egypt's shadow your longing.
Isaiah 31:3
The Egyptians are men, not God, and their horses are physical, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out his hand, anyone who assists will stumble, and the one who is helped will fall; and they will all perish together."
Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind, who makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
Lamentations 4:17
Our eyes failed, searching in vain for hope; we kept watching and looking for a nation that would not help.

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