Jeremiah 17:5
“Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.”
O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.
And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.
Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
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Cross-References
“Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.”
“It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.”
“Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.”
“It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.”
“Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?”