Psalms 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
BSB
ASV
Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
KJV
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Put not your trust in princes,.... Not in foreign princes, in alliances and confederacies with them; nor in any at home. David did not desire his people to put their trust in him, nor in his nobles and courtiers; but in the Lord Christ, who, as he is the object of praise, is also the proper object of trust.
There is indeed a Son of man in whom there is help, in whom there is salvation, and who will not fail those that trust in him. But all other sons of men are like the man they are sprung of, who, being in honour, did not abide.
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Isaiah 2:22Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
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This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
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Psalms 108:12Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
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This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
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Isaiah 31:3But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish…
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As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.
Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite…