Psalm 118:9 Themes and Topics

It is better to take refuge in LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to take refuge in LORD than to put confidence in rulers.

who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth, to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt! Verse Concepts

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek LORD! Verse Concepts

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb. But he is not able to heal you, nor will he cure you of your wound. Verse Concepts

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for how is he to be accounted of? Verse Concepts

Thus says LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from LORD. Verse Concepts

Behold, thou trust upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand, and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him. Verse Concepts

Put not your trust in rulers, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. Verse Concepts

Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit. And when LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they shall all be consumed together. Verse Concepts

It is better to take refuge in LORD than to put confidence in rulers. Verse Concepts

But we ourselves have had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we should not be trusting in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead. Verse Concepts

Take ye heed each one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother, for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders. And they will deceive each one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves to commit iniquity. Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit. Through deceit they refuse to know me, says LORD.

It is better to take refuge in LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to take refuge in LORD than to put confidence in rulers.

Put not your trust in rulers, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. Verse Concepts

Woe is me! For I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat. My soul desires the first ripe fig. The devout man has perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men. They all lay in wait for blood. They hunt every man his brother with a net. Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler asks, and the judge [is ready] for a bribe. And the great man, he utters the evil desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together. read more.
The best of them is as a brier. The most upright is [worse] than a thorn hedge. The day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, has come. Now shall be their perplexity. Trust ye not in a neighbor. Put ye not confidence in a friend. Keep the doors of thy mouth from her who lays in thy bosom. For the son dishonors the father. The daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man's enemies are the men of his own house.

It is better to take refuge in LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to take refuge in LORD than to put confidence in rulers.

And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem, and the men of Shechem put their trust in him. Verse Concepts