Jeremiah 17:5

5  Thus says the Lord:

“Cursed is the man who atrusts in man

and makes flesh his strength,1

whose heart turns away from the Lord.

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Psalm 118:8–9
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.

Psalm 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.


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2 View All Leviticus 19:27
ch. 21:5; [Isa. 15:2; Jer. 9:26; 48:37]