Verse 9

It is better{H2896} to trust{H2620}{(H8800)} in the LORD{H3068} than to put confidence{H982}{(H8800)} in princes{H5081}.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 31:1 : 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}!
  • Ps 146:3-5 : 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)}. 5 Happy{H835} is he that hath the God{H410} of Jacob{H3290} for his help{H5828}, whose hope{H7664} is in the LORD{H3068} his God{H430}:
  • Isa 30:2-3 : 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}.
  • Isa 30:15-17 : 15 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}, the Holy One{H6918} of Israel{H3478}; In returning{H7729} and rest{H5183} shall ye be saved{H3467}{(H8735)}; in quietness{H8252}{(H8687)} and in confidence{H985} shall be your strength{H1369}: and ye would{H14}{(H8804)} not. 16 But ye said{H559}{(H8799)}, No; for we will flee{H5127}{(H8799)} upon horses{H5483}; therefore shall ye flee{H5127}{(H8799)}: and, We will ride{H7392}{(H8799)} upon the swift{H7031}; therefore shall they that pursue{H7291}{(H8802)} you be swift{H7043}{(H8735)}. 17 One{H259} thousand{H505} shall flee at{H6440} the rebuke{H1606} of one{H259}; at{H6440} the rebuke{H1606} of five{H2568} shall ye flee{H5127}{(H8799)}: till ye be left{H3498}{(H8738)} as a beacon{H8650} upon the top{H7218} of a mountain{H2022}, and as an ensign{H5251} on an hill{H1389}.
  • Isa 31:8 : 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}.
  • Isa 36:6-7 : 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. 7 But if thou say{H559}{(H8799)} to me, We trust{H982}{(H8804)} in the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}: is it not he, whose high places{H1116} and whose altars{H4196} Hezekiah{H2396} hath taken away{H5493}{(H8689)}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} to Judah{H3063} and to Jerusalem{H3389}, Ye shall worship{H7812}{(H8691)} before{H6440} this altar{H4196}?
  • Ezek 29:7 : 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)}.