Verse 22

Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 146:3 : 3 Do not put your trust in princes, in a mortal man in whom there is no salvation.
  • Jer 17:5 : 5 This is what the LORD says: Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
  • Ps 144:3-4 : 3 Lord, what is man that You care for him, or a son of man that You think of him? 4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
  • Ps 8:4 : 4 When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon, and the stars that You have set in place—
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
  • Job 27:3 : 3 as long as my breath remains in me and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
  • Isa 40:15 : 15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales. He weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.
  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. Selah.
  • Gen 2:7 : 7 Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
  • Gen 7:22 : 22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
  • Job 7:15-21 : 15 I prefer strangling and death rather than this body of mine. 16 I despise my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath. 17 What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention, 18 that you examine them every morning and test them every moment? 19 Will you never look away from me or leave me alone till I swallow my spit? 20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who see everything we do? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you? 21 Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.