Psalm 118:9 Themes and Topics

It is better to trust in Jehovah than to depend on people. It is better to trust in Jehovah than to depend on human leaders.

You go to Egypt for help without asking for my advice. You want Egypt to protect you. You put your trust in Egypt's military might. Verse Concepts

How horrible it will be for those who go to Egypt for help! Cursed are those who rely on very strong warhorses, who depend on many chariots. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel. They do not seek Jehovah. Verse Concepts

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to King Jareb. He is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound. Verse Concepts

Stop trusting people, whose breath (life) is in their nostrils. How can they be worth anything? Verse Concepts

This is what Jehovah says: Cursed is the person who trusts humans, who makes flesh and blood his strength and whose heart turns away from Jehovah. Verse Concepts

When you trust Egypt, you trust a broken stick for a staff. If you lean on it, it stabs your hand and goes through it. This is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like for everyone who trusts him. Verse Concepts

Do not trust in princes, in mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. Verse Concepts

The Egyptians are humans, not God. Their horses are flesh and blood, not spirit. Jehovah will stretch out his powerful hand (extend his power). The one who gives help will stumble. The one who receives help will fall. Both will die together. Verse Concepts

It is better to trust in Jehovah than to depend on human leaders. Verse Concepts

Yes, we have had the sentence of death within ourselves that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead. Verse Concepts

Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor. Do not trust any brother because every brother deals craftily (cunningly), and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer. Everyone deceives his neighbor and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They wear themselves out committing sin. You live in the middle of deceit. Through deceit they refuse to know me, says Jehovah.

It is better to trust in Jehovah than to depend on people. It is better to trust in Jehovah than to depend on human leaders.

Do not trust in princes, in mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. Verse Concepts

Too bad for me! For I am like the gathered summer fruit, as the grape gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat. I desire the first ripe fig. The godly (loyal) (holy) man has perished from the earth. There is none upright among men! They all lie in wait for blood. Every man hunts his own brother with a net. They diligently seek to do evil with their hands. The prince asks and the judge is ready for a bribe. The great man utters his own evil desire. They weave it together. read more.
The best of them is as a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge! Your watchmen's day has come. Your visitation has come. Now you will be perplexed. Do not put your faith in your neighbor. Do not trust a friend! Guard your lips from her who lies in your bosom (is your intimate companion). The son dishonors the father. The daughter rises up against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man's enemies are the men of his own house.

It is better to trust in Jehovah than to depend on people. It is better to trust in Jehovah than to depend on human leaders.

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