Psalms 118:8 References

8 It is abetter to take refuge in the Lord Than to trust in man.

a 2 Chronicles 32:7, 2 Chronicles 32:8, Psalms 40:4, Psalms 108:12, Isaiah 31:1, Isaiah 31:3, Isaiah 57:13, Jeremiah 17:5


2 Chronicles 32

7 "aBe strong and courageous, do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the horde that is with him; bfor the one with us is greater than the one with him.

2 Chronicles 32

8 "With him is only aan arm of flesh, but bwith us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles." And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

Psalms 40

4 How ablessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust, And bhas not turned to the proud, nor to those who clapse into falsehood.

Psalms 108

12 Oh give us help against the adversary, For adeliverance by man is in vain.

Isaiah 31

1 Woe to those who go down to aEgypt for help And brely on horses, And trust in chariots because they are many And in horsemen because they are very strong, But they do not clook to the dHoly One of Israel, nor seek the Lord!

Isaiah 31

3 Now the Egyptians are amen and not God, And their bhorses are flesh and not spirit; So the Lord will cstretch out His hand, And dhe who helps will stumble And he who is helped will fall, And all of them will come to an end together.

Isaiah 57

13 "When you cry out, alet your collection of idols deliver you. But the wind will carry all of them up, And a breath will take them away. But he who btakes refuge in Me will cinherit the land And will dpossess My holy mountain."

Jeremiah 17

5 Thus says the Lord, "aCursed is the man who trusts in mankind And makes bflesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from the Lord.