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 nobles,
in man, who cannot save.
in man, who cannot save.
Job 9:13 God does not hold back His anger;
Rahab’s assistants cringe in fear beneath Him!
Rahab’s
Job 16:2 I have heard many things like these.
You are all miserable comforters.
You are all miserable comforters.
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 30:3 But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame,
and refuge in Egypt’s shadow your disgrace.
and refuge in Egypt’s shadow your disgrace.
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.
Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the Lord says:
The man who trusts in mankind,
who makes human flesh his strength
and turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.
who makes human flesh his strength
and turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.
Lamentations 4:17
ע AyinAll the while our eyes were failing
as we looked in vain for assistance;
we watched from our towers
for a nation that refused to help.
as we looked in vain for assistance;
we watched from our towers
for a nation