Verse 9
It is better{H2896} to take refuge{H2620} in Jehovah{H3068} Than to put confidence{H982} in princes.{H5081}
Referenced Verses
- Isa 31:1 : 1 Woe{H1945} to them that go down{H3381} to Egypt{H4714} for help,{H5833} and rely{H8172} on horses,{H5483} and trust{H982} in chariots{H7393} because they are many,{H7227} and in horsemen{H6571} because they are very{H3966} strong,{H6105} but they look{H8159} not unto the Holy One{H6918} of Israel,{H3478} neither seek{H1875} Jehovah!{H3068}
- Ps 146:3-5 : 3 Put not your trust{H982} in princes,{H5081} Nor in the son{H1121} of man,{H120} in whom there is no help.{H8668} 4 His breath{H7307} goeth forth,{H3318} he returneth{H7725} to his earth;{H127} In that very day{H3117} his thoughts{H6250} perish.{H6} 5 Happy{H835} is he that hath the God{H410} of Jacob{H3290} for his help,{H5828} Whose hope{H7664} is in Jehovah{H3068} his God:{H430}
- Isa 30:2-3 : 2 that set{H1980} out to go down{H3381} into Egypt,{H4714} and have not asked{H7592} at my mouth;{H6310} to strengthen{H5810} themselves in the strength{H4581} of Pharaoh,{H6547} and to take refuge{H2620} in the shadow{H6738} of Egypt!{H4714} 3 Therefore shall the strength{H4581} of Pharaoh{H6547} be your shame,{H1322} and the refuge{H2622} in the shadow{H6738} of Egypt{H4714} your confusion.{H3639}
- Isa 30:15-17 : 15 For thus said{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3069} the Holy One{H6918} of Israel,{H3478} In returning{H7729} and rest{H5183} shall ye be saved;{H3467} in quietness{H8252} and in confidence{H985} shall be your strength.{H1369} And ye would{H14} not: 16 but ye said,{H559} No, for we will flee{H5127} upon horses;{H5483} therefore shall ye flee:{H5127} and, We will ride{H7392} upon the swift;{H7031} therefore shall they that pursue{H7291} you be swift.{H7043} 17 One{H259} thousand{H505} [shall flee] at{H6440} the threat{H1606} of one;{H259} at{H6440} the threat{H1606} of five{H2568} shall ye flee:{H5127} till ye be left{H3498} as a beacon{H8650} upon the top{H7218} of a mountain,{H2022} and as an ensign{H5251} on a hill.{H1389}
- Isa 31:8 : 8 And the Assyrian{H804} shall fall{H5307} by the sword,{H2719} not of man;{H376} and the sword,{H2719} not of men,{H120} shall devour{H398} him; and he shall flee{H5127} from{H6440} the sword,{H2719} and his young men{H970} shall become subject to taskwork.{H4522}
- Isa 36:6-7 : 6 Behold, thou trustest{H982} upon the staff{H4938} of this bruised{H7533} reed,{H7070} even upon Egypt,{H4714} whereon if a man{H376} lean,{H5564} it will go{H935} into his hand,{H3709} and pierce{H5344} it: so is Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} to all that trust{H982} on him. 7 But if thou say{H559} unto me, We trust{H982} in Jehovah{H3068} our God:{H430} is not that he, whose high places{H1116} and whose altars{H4196} Hezekiah{H2396} hath taken away,{H5493} and hath said{H559} to Judah{H3063} and to Jerusalem,{H3389} Ye shall worship{H7812} before{H6440} this altar?{H4196}
- Ezek 29:7 : 7 When they took hold{H8610} of thee by thy hand,{H3709} thou didst break,{H7533} and didst rend{H1234} all their shoulders;{H3802} and when they leaned{H8172} upon thee, thou brakest,{H7665} and madest all their loins{H4975} to be at a stand.{H5976}