Isaiah 2:22

Conservative English Version

Stop trusting the power of humans. They are all going to die, so how can they help?

Cross References

Genesis 2:7

The LORD God took a handful of soil and made a man. God breathed life into the man, and the man started breathing.

Genesis 7:22

The LORD destroyed everything that breathed. Nothing was left alive except Noah and the others in the boat.

Job 27:3

and while he gives me breath,

Psalm 146:3

You can't depend on anyone, not even a great leader.

Psalm 62:9

We humans are only a breath; none of us are truly great. All of us together weigh less than a puff of air.

Psalm 8:4

Then I ask, "Why do you care about us humans? Why are you concerned for us weaklings?"

Isaiah 40:15

To the LORD, all nations are merely a drop in a bucket or dust on balance scales; all of the islands are but a handful of sand.

Isaiah 40:17

God thinks of the nations as far less than nothing.

Isaiah 51:12

I am the LORD, the one who encourages you. Why are you afraid of mere humans? They dry up and die like grass.

Jeremiah 17:5

I, the LORD, have put a curse on those who turn from me and trust in human strength.

Malachi 3:15

See how happy those arrogant people are. Everyone who does wrong is successful, and when they put God to the test, they always get away with it."

James 4:14

What do you know about tomorrow? How can you be so sure about your life? It is nothing more than mist that appears for only a little while before it disappears.