Psalm 146:3

New International Reader's Version

Don’t put your trust in human leaders. Don’t trust in people who can’t save you.

Cross References

2 Kings 6:27

The king replied, “If the Lord doesn’t help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor? From the winepress?”

2 Chronicles 16:7

At that time Hanani the prophet came to Asa, the king of Judah. He said to him, “You trusted the king of Aram. You didn’t trust in the Lord your God. So the army of the king of Aram has escaped from you.

Psalm 108:12

Help us against our enemies. The help people give doesn’t amount to anything.

Psalm 60:11

Help us against our enemies. The help people give doesn’t amount to anything.

Psalm 62:9

Surely ordinary people are only a breath. Important people are not what they seem to be. If they were weighed on a scale, they wouldn’t amount to anything. Together they are only a breath.

Isaiah 2:22

Stop trusting in mere human beings, who can’t help you. They only live for a little while. What good are they?

Isaiah 22:25

“ ‘But a new day is coming,’ ” announces the Lord who rules over all. “ ‘At that time the peg that was driven into the wall will give way. It will break off and fall down. And the heavy load hanging on it will also fall.’ ” The Lord has spoken.

Isaiah 31:3

The men of Egypt are only human beings. They aren’t God. Their horses are only flesh and blood. They aren’t spirits. The Lord will reach out his powerful hand to punish everyone. The Egyptians provide help. But they will be tripped up. The people of Judah receive the help. But they will fall down. All of them will be destroyed.

Isaiah 37:6

Then he said to them, “Tell your master, ‘The Lord says, “Do not be afraid of what you have heard. The officers who are under the king of Assyria have spoken evil things against me.