Psalm 108:12

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.

Job 9:13

God does not restrain his anger; under him the helpers of Rahab lie crushed.

Job 16:2

"I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters are you all!

Psalm 20:1-9

For the music director; a psalm of David. May the Lord answer you when you are in trouble; may the God of Jacob make you secure!

Psalm 146:3-5

Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver!

Isaiah 2:22

Stop trusting in human beings, whose life's breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?

Isaiah 30:3-5

But Pharaoh's protection will bring you nothing but shame, and the safety of Egypt's protective shade nothing but humiliation.

Isaiah 31:3

The Egyptians are mere humans, not God; their horses are made of flesh, not spirit. The Lord will strike with his hand; the one who helps will stumble and the one being helped will fall. Together they will perish.

Jeremiah 17:5-8

The Lord says, "I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the Lord.

Lamentations 4:17

(Ayin) Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

For vain

Psalm 146:3
Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver!
Job 9:13
God does not restrain his anger; under him the helpers of Rahab lie crushed.
Job 16:2
"I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters are you all!
Isaiah 2:22
Stop trusting in human beings, whose life's breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?
Isaiah 30:3
But Pharaoh's protection will bring you nothing but shame, and the safety of Egypt's protective shade nothing but humiliation.
Isaiah 31:3
The Egyptians are mere humans, not God; their horses are made of flesh, not spirit. The Lord will strike with his hand; the one who helps will stumble and the one being helped will fall. Together they will perish.
Jeremiah 17:5
The Lord says, "I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the Lord.
Lamentations 4:17
(Ayin) Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us.

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