Jeremiah 17:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Thus says the Lord: Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings, who makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 16:12

In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa contracted disease in his feet; it became worse, but even with this disease he did not seek the Lord, only physicians.

2 Chronicles 32:8

He has only an arm of flesh, but we have the Lord, our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah, king of Judah. Threat of Sennacherib.

Psalm 18:21

The Lord acknowledged my righteousness, rewarded my clean hands.

Psalm 62:9

Trust God at all times, my people! Pour out your hearts to God our refuge! Selah

Isaiah 2:22

As for you, stop worrying about mortals, in whose nostrils is but a breath; for of what worth are they?

Isaiah 20:5

They shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Ethiopia, their hope, and because of Egypt, their boast.

Isaiah 36:6

Do you trust in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it? That is what Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is to all who trust in him.

Isaiah 59:15

Fidelity is lacking, and whoever turns from evil is despoiled. The Lord saw this, and was aggrieved that there was no justice.

Jeremiah 11:3

and say to them: Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Cursed be anyone who does not observe the words of this covenant,

Ezekiel 6:9

Then your refugees will remember me among the nations to which they have been exiled, after I have broken their lusting hearts that turned away from me and their eyes that lusted after idols. They will loathe themselves for all the evil they have done, for all their abominations.

Hosea 1:2

When the Lord began to speak with Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea: Go, get for yourself a woman of prostitution and children of prostitution, for the land prostitutes itself, turning away from the Lord.