Verse 5

Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; Cursed{H779}{(H8803)} be the man{H1397} that trusteth{H982}{(H8799)} in man{H120}, and maketh{H7760}{(H8804)} flesh{H1320} his arm{H2220}, and whose heart{H3820} departeth{H5493}{(H8799)} from the LORD{H3068}.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 118:8-9 : 8 It is better{H2896} to trust{H2620}{(H8800)} in the LORD{H3068} than to put confidence{H982}{(H8800)} in man{H120}. 9 It is better{H2896} to trust{H2620}{(H8800)} in the LORD{H3068} than to put confidence{H982}{(H8800)} in princes{H5081}.
  • Ps 146:3-4 : 3 Put not your trust{H982}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8799)}, he returneth{H7725}{(H8799)} to his earth{H127}; in that very day{H3117} his thoughts{H6250} perish{H6}{(H8804)}.
  • Isa 2:22 : 22 Cease{H2308}{(H8798)} ye from man{H120}, whose breath{H5397} is in his nostrils{H639}: for wherein is he to be accounted of{H2803}{(H8737)}?
  • 2 Chr 32:8 : 8 With him is an arm{H2220} of flesh{H1320}; but with us is the LORD{H3068} our God{H430} to help{H5826}{(H8800)} us, and to fight{H3898}{(H8736)} our battles{H4421}. And the people{H5971} rested{H5564}{(H8735)} themselves upon the words{H1697} of Hezekiah{H3169} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}.
  • Isa 31:1-9 : 1 Woe{H1945} to them that go down{H3381}{(H8802)} to Egypt{H4714} for help{H5833}; and stay{H8172}{(H8735)} on horses{H5483}, and trust{H982}{(H8799)} in chariots{H7393}, because they are many{H7227}; and in horsemen{H6571}, because they are very{H3966} strong{H6105}{(H8804)}; but they look{H8159}{(H8804)} not unto the Holy One{H6918} of Israel{H3478}, neither seek{H1875}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}! 2 Yet he also is wise{H2450}, and will bring{H935}{(H8686)} evil{H7451}, and will not call back{H5493}{(H8689)} his words{H1697}: but will arise{H6965}{(H8804)} against the house{H1004} of the evildoers{H7489}{(H8688)}, and against the help{H5833} of them that work{H6466}{(H8802)} iniquity{H205}. 3 Now the Egyptians{H4714} are men{H120}, and not God{H410}; and their horses{H5483} flesh{H1320}, and not spirit{H7307}. When the LORD{H3068} shall stretch out{H5186}{(H8686)} his hand{H3027}, both he that helpeth{H5826}{(H8802)} shall fall{H3782}{(H8804)}, and he that is holpen{H5826}{(H8803)} shall fall down{H5307}{(H8804)}, and they all shall fail{H3615}{(H8799)} together{H3162}. 4 For thus hath the LORD{H3068} spoken{H559}{(H8804)} unto me, Like as the lion{H738} and the young lion{H3715} roaring{H1897}{(H8799)} on his prey{H2964}, when a multitude{H4393} of shepherds{H7462}{(H8802)} is called forth{H7121}{(H8735)} against him, he will not be afraid{H2865}{(H8735)} of their voice{H6963}, nor abase{H6031}{(H8799)} himself for the noise{H1995} of them: so shall the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} come down{H3381}{(H8799)} to fight{H6633}{(H8800)} for mount{H2022} Zion{H6726}, and for the hill{H1389} thereof. 5 As birds{H6833} flying{H5774}{(H8802)}, so will the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} defend{H1598}{(H8686)} Jerusalem{H3389}; defending{H1598}{(H8800)} also he will deliver{H5337}{(H8689)} it; and passing over{H6452}{(H8800)} he will preserve{H4422}{(H8689)} it. 6 Turn{H7725}{(H8798)} ye unto him from whom the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} have deeply{H6009}{(H8689)} revolted{H5627}. 7 For in that day{H3117} every man{H376} shall cast away{H3988}{(H8799)} his idols{H457} of silver{H3701}, and his idols{H457} of gold{H2091}, which your own hands{H3027} have made{H6213}{(H8804)} unto you for a sin{H2399}. 8 Then shall the Assyrian{H804} fall{H5307}{(H8804)} with the sword{H2719}, not of a mighty man{H376}; and the sword{H2719}, not of a mean man{H120}, shall devour{H398}{(H8799)} him: but he shall flee{H5127}{(H8804)} from{H6440} the sword{H2719}, and his young men{H970} shall be discomfited{H4522}. 9 And he shall pass over{H5674}{(H8799)} to his strong hold{H5553} for fear{H4032}, and his princes{H8269} shall be afraid{H2865}{(H8804)} of the ensign{H5251}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, whose fire{H217} is in Zion{H6726}, and his furnace{H8574} in Jerusalem{H3389}.
  • Isa 36:6 : 6 Lo, thou trustest{H982}{(H8804)} in the staff{H4938} of this broken{H7533}{(H8803)} reed{H7070}, on Egypt{H4714}; whereon if a man{H376} lean{H5564}{(H8735)}, it will go{H935}{(H8804)} into his hand{H3709}, and pierce{H5344}{(H8804)} it: so is Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} to all that trust{H982}{(H8802)} in him.
  • Isa 30:1-7 : 1 Woe{H1945} to the rebellious{H5637}{(H8802)} children{H1121}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, that take{H6213}{(H8800)} counsel{H6098}, but not of me; and that cover{H5258}{(H8800)} with a covering{H4541}, but not of my spirit{H7307}, that they may add{H5595}{(H8800)} sin{H2403} to sin{H2403}: 2 That walk{H1980}{(H8802)} to go down{H3381}{(H8800)} into Egypt{H4714}, and have not asked{H7592}{(H8804)} at my mouth{H6310}; to strengthen{H5810}{(H8800)} themselves in the strength{H4581} of Pharaoh{H6547}, and to trust{H2620}{(H8800)} in the shadow{H6738} of Egypt{H4714}! 3 Therefore shall the strength{H4581} of Pharaoh{H6547} be your shame{H1322}, and the trust{H2622} in the shadow{H6738} of Egypt{H4714} your confusion{H3639}. 4 For his princes{H8269} were at Zoan{H6814}, and his ambassadors{H4397} came{H5060}{(H8686)} to Hanes{H2609}. 5 They were all ashamed{H3001}{(H8689)} of a people{H5971} that could not profit{H3276}{(H8686)} them, nor be an help{H5828} nor profit{H3276}{(H8687)}, but a shame{H1322}, and also a reproach{H2781}. 6 The burden{H4853} of the beasts{H929} of the south{H5045}: into the land{H776} of trouble{H6869} and anguish{H6695}, from whence come the young{H3833} and old lion{H3918}, the viper{H660} and fiery{H8314} flying{H5774}{(H8789)} serpent{H8314}, they will carry{H5375}{(H8799)} their riches{H2428} upon the shoulders{H3802} of young asses{H5895}, and their treasures{H214} upon the bunches{H1707} of camels{H1581}, to a people{H5971} that shall not profit{H3276}{(H8686)} them. 7 For the Egyptians{H4714} shall help{H5826}{(H8799)} in vain{H1892}, and to no purpose{H7385}: therefore have I cried{H7121}{(H8804)} concerning this{H2063}, Their{H1992} strength{H7293} is to sit still{H7674}.
  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Surely men{H120}{H1121} of low degree are vanity{H1892}, and men{H376} of high degree are a lie{H3577}: to be laid{H5927}{H8800)} in the balance{H3976}, they are altogether{H3162} lighter than vanity{H1892}.
  • Ps 18:21 : 21 For I have kept{H8104}{(H8804)} the ways{H1870} of the LORD{H3068}, and have not wickedly departed{H7561}{(H8804)} from my God{H430}.
  • Isa 59:15 : 15 Yea, truth{H571} faileth{H5737}{(H8737)}; and he that departeth{H5493}{(H8804)} from evil{H7451} maketh himself a prey{H7997}{(H8711)}: and the LORD{H3068} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} it, and it displeased{H3415}{(H8799)}{H5869} him that there was no judgment{H4941}.
  • Ezek 6:9 : 9 And they that escape{H6412} of you shall remember{H2142}{(H8804)} me among the nations{H1471} whither they shall be carried captives{H7617}{(H8738)}, because I am broken{H7665}{(H8738)} with their whorish{H2181}{(H8802)} heart{H3820}, which hath departed{H5493}{(H8804)} from me, and with their eyes{H5869}, which go a whoring{H2181}{(H8802)} after{H310} their idols{H1544}: and they shall lothe{H6962}{(H8738)} themselves{H6440} for the evils{H7451} which they have committed{H6213}{(H8804)} in all their abominations{H8441}.
  • Ezek 29:6-7 : 6 And all the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Egypt{H4714} shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I am the LORD{H3068}, because they have been a staff{H4938} of reed{H7070} to the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}. 7 When they took hold{H8610}{(H8800)} of thee by thy hand{H3709}, thou didst break{H7533}{(H8735)}, and rend{H1234}{(H8804)} all their shoulder{H3802}: and when they leaned{H8172}{(H8736)} upon thee, thou brakest{H7665}{(H8735)}, and madest all their loins{H4975} to be at a stand{H5976}{(H8689)}.
  • Hos 1:2 : 2 The beginning{H8462} of the word{H1696}{(H8763)} of the LORD{H3068} by Hosea{H1954}. And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Hosea{H1954}, Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, take{H3947}{(H8798)} unto thee a wife{H802} of whoredoms{H2183} and children{H3206} of whoredoms{H2183}: for the land{H776} hath committed great{H2181}{(H8800)} whoredom{H2181}{(H8799)}, departing from{H310} the LORD{H3068}.