2 Kings 6:27

World English Bible (2000)

He said, "If Yahweh doesn't help you, from where could I help you? From of the threshing floor, or from the winepress?"

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 60:11 : 11 Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain.
  • Ps 62:8 : 8 Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
  • Ps 118:8-9 : 8 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man. 9 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes.
  • Ps 124:1-3 : 1 If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say, 2 if it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us; 3 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;
  • Ps 127:1 : 1 Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
  • Ps 146:3 : 3 Don't put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.
  • Isa 2:2 : 2 It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.
  • Jer 17:5 : 5 Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.

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