Psalms 146:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.”
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BSBPD
“Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Trust not in princes--in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 146:3 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 6:27He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”
- 2 Chronicles 16:7At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
- Psalms 60:11Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
- Psalms 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
- Psalms 108:12Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
- Psalms 118:8It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
- Psalms 118:9It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.
- Isaiah 2:22Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
- Isaiah 22:25In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
- 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 together.
- Isaiah 37:6who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
- Jeremiah 17:5This 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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