Verse 8

It is better to trust in the Lorde, then to haue confidence in man.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 40:4 : 4 Blessed is the man that maketh the Lorde his trust, and regardeth not the proude, nor such as turne aside to lyes.
  • Jer 17:5-7 : 5 Thus saith the Lord, Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arme, and withdraweth his heart from the Lord. 6 For he shall be like the heath in the wildernesse, and shall not see when any good commeth, but shall inhabite the parched places in the wildernesse, in a salt land, and not inhabited. 7 Blessed be the man, that trusteth in ye Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
  • Ps 62:8-9 : 8 Trust in him alway, ye people: powre out your hearts before him, for God is our hope. Selah. 9 Yet the children of men are vanitie, the chiefe men are lies: to lay them vpon a balance they are altogether lighter then vanitie.
  • Mic 7:5-7 : 5 Trust ye not in a friend, neither put ye confidence in a counseller: keepe the doores of thy mouth from her that lyeth in thy bosome. 6 For the sonne reuileth the father: ye daughter riseth vp against her mother: the daughter in lawe against her mother in lawe, and a mans enemies are the men of his owne house. 7 Therefore I will looke vnto the Lorde: I will waite for God my Sauiour: my God will heare me.