Isaiah 2:22

New English Translation

Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?

Cross References

Genesis 2:7

The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

Genesis 7:22

Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

Job 27:3

for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils,

Psalm 146:3

Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver!

Psalm 62:9

Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.

Psalm 8:4

Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,

Isaiah 40:15

Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales. He lifts the coastlands as if they were dust.

Isaiah 40:17

All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing.

Isaiah 51:12

“I, I am the one who consoles you. Why are you afraid of mortal men, of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass?

Jeremiah 17:5

The Lord says, “I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the Lord.

Malachi 3:15

So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful. In fact, those who challenge God escape!’”

James 4:14

You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.