Jeremiah 17:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

This is what the Lord says: “Bad things will happen to those who put their trust in people. Bad things will happen to those who depend on human strength. That is because they have stopped trusting the Lord.

Cross References

Isaiah 2:22

Stop trusting other people to save you. Do not think too highly of them; they are only humans who have not stopped breathing yet.

2 Chronicles 32:8

The king of Assyria only has men. But we have the Lord our God with us! Our God will help us. He will fight our battles!” So King Hezekiah of Judah encouraged the people and made them feel stronger.

Isaiah 36:6

Are you depending on Egypt to help you? Egypt is like a broken walking stick. If you lean on it for support, it will only stab you and hurt you. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, cannot be trusted by anyone who depends on him for help.

Psalm 62:9

People cannot really help. You cannot depend on them. Compared to God, they are nothing— no more than a gentle puff of air!

Psalm 18:21

The Lord did this because I have obeyed him. I have not turned against my God.

Ezekiel 6:9

Then the survivors will be taken as prisoners. They will be forced to live in other countries, but they will remember me. I broke their spirit. They will hate themselves for the evil things they did. In the past, they turned away from me and left me. They chased after their filthy idols. They were like a woman leaving her husband and running off with another man. They did many terrible things,

Hosea 1:2

This was the Lord’s first message to Hosea. The Lord said, “Go, marry a prostitute who has had children as a result of her prostitution. Do this because the people in this country have acted like prostitutes—they have been unfaithful to the Lord.”

Isaiah 59:15

Loyalty is gone, and people who try to do good are robbed. The Lord looked and saw there was no justice. He did not like what he saw.

2 Chronicles 16:12

Asa’s feet became infected in his 39th year as king. Even though the infection was very serious, Asa did not go to the Lord for help. He went to the doctors instead.

Isaiah 20:5

Those who looked to Ethiopia for help will be shattered. Those who were amazed by Egypt’s glory will be ashamed.”

Jeremiah 11:3

Tell them that this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Bad things will happen to anyone who does not obey this agreement.