Psalm 146:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

2 Kings 6:27

“Let the LORD help you!” the king said. “Do you think I have grain or wine to give you?”

2 Chronicles 16:7

Soon after that happened, Hanani the prophet went to Asa and said: You depended on the king of Syria instead of depending on the LORD your God. And so, you will never defeat the Syrian army.

Psalm 108:12

Help us defeat our enemies! No one else can rescue us.

Psalm 60:11

Help us defeat our enemies! No one else can rescue us.

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.

Isaiah 2:22

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

Isaiah 22:25

That peg is fastened firmly now, but some day it will be shaken loose and fall down. Then everything that was hanging on it will be destroyed. This is what the LORD All-Powerful has promised.

Isaiah 31:3

The Egyptians are mere humans. They aren't God. Their horses are made of flesh; they can't live for ever. When the LORD shows his power, he will destroy the Egyptians and all who depend on them. Together they will fall.

Isaiah 37:6

I told them that the LORD had this message for Hezekiah: I am the LORD. Don't worry about the insulting things that have been said about me by these messengers from the king of Assyria.