Psalm 118:9
New King James Version
9 (A)It is better to trust in the Lord
Than to put confidence in princes.
Psalm 146:3-5
New King James Version
3 (A)Do not put your trust in princes,
Nor in [a]a son of man, in whom there is no [b]help.
4 (B)His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;
In that very day (C)his plans perish.
5 (D)Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
Footnotes
- Psalm 146:3 A human being
- Psalm 146:3 salvation
Ezekiel 29:7
New King James Version
7 (A)When they took hold of you with the hand,
You broke and tore all their [a]shoulders;
When they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their backs quiver.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 29:7 So with MT, Vg.; LXX, Syr. hand
Isaiah 31:8
New King James Version
8 “Then Assyria shall (A)fall by a sword not of man,
And a sword not of mankind shall (B)devour him.
But he shall flee from the sword,
And his young men shall become forced labor.
Isaiah 31:1
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The Folly of Not Trusting God
31 Woe to those (A)who go down to Egypt for help,
And (B)rely on horses,
Who trust in chariots because they are many,
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel,
(C)Nor seek the Lord!
Isaiah 30:2-3
New King James Version
2 (A)Who walk to go down to Egypt,
And (B)have not asked My advice,
To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh,
And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
3 (C)Therefore the strength of Pharaoh
Shall be your shame,
And trust in the shadow of Egypt
Shall be your humiliation.
Isaiah 30:15-17
New King James Version
15 For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:
(A)“In returning and rest you shall be saved;
In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.”
(B)But you would not,
16 And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses”—
Therefore you shall flee!
And, “We will ride on swift horses”—
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift!
17 (C)One thousand shall flee at the threat of one,
At the threat of five you shall flee,
Till you are left as a [a]pole on top of a mountain
And as a banner on a hill.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 30:17 A tree stripped of branches
Isaiah 36:6-7
New King James Version
6 Look! You are trusting in the (A)staff of this broken reed, 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 (B)trust in him.
7 “But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the Lord our God,’ is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar’?” ’
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