Jeremiah 17:5

New Century Version

This is what the Lord says: “A curse is placed on those who trust other people, who depend on humans for strength, who have stopped trusting the Lord.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 16:12

In the thirty-ninth year of his rule, Asa got a disease in his feet. Though his disease was very bad, he did not ask for help from the Lord, but only from the doctors.

2 Chronicles 32:8

He only has men, but we have the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” The people were encouraged by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

Psalm 18:21

I have followed the ways of the Lord; I have not done evil by turning away from my God.

Psalm 62:9

The least of people are only a breath, and even the greatest are just a lie. On the scales, they weigh nothing; together they are only a breath.

Isaiah 2:22

You should stop trusting in people to save you, because people are only human; they aren’t able to help you.

Isaiah 20:5

People who looked to Cush for help will be afraid, and those who were amazed by Egypt’s glory will be shamed.

Isaiah 36:6

Look, you are depending on Egypt to help you, but Egypt is like a splintered walking stick. If you lean on it for help, it will stab your hand and hurt you. The king of Egypt will hurt all those who depend on him.

Isaiah 59:15

Truth cannot be found anywhere, and people who refuse to do evil are attacked. The Lord looked and could not find any justice, and he was displeased.

Jeremiah 11:3

Tell them this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Cursed is the person who does not obey the words of this agreement

Ezekiel 6:9

Then those who have escaped will remember me, as they live among the nations where they have been taken as captives. They will remember how I was hurt because they were unfaithful to me and turned away from me and desired to worship their idols. They will hate themselves because of the evil things they did that I hate.

Hosea 1:2

When the Lord began speaking through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, and marry an unfaithful woman and have unfaithful children, because the people in this country have been completely unfaithful to the Lord.”