Psalm 146:3

New Living Translation

Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.

Cross References

2 Kings 6:27

He answered, “If the Lord doesn’t help you, what can I do? I have neither food from the threshing floor nor wine from the press to give you.”

2 Chronicles 16:7

At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa and told him, “Because you have put your trust in the king of Aram instead of in the Lord your God, you missed your chance to destroy the army of the king of Aram.

Psalm 108:12

Oh, please help us against our enemies, for all human help is useless.

Psalm 60:11

Oh, please help us against our enemies, for all human help is useless.

Psalm 62:9

Common people are as worthless as a puff of wind, and the powerful are not what they appear to be. If you weigh them on the scales, together they are lighter than a breath of air.

Isaiah 2:22

Don’t put your trust in mere humans. They are as frail as breath. What good are they?

Isaiah 22:25

But the Lord of Heaven’s Armies also says: “The time will come when I will pull out the nail that seemed so firm. It will come out and fall to the ground. Everything it supports will fall with it. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

Isaiah 31:3

For these Egyptians are mere humans, not God! Their horses are puny flesh, not mighty spirits! When the Lord raises his fist against them, those who help will stumble, and those being helped will fall. They will all fall down and die together.

Isaiah 37:6

the prophet replied, “Say to your master, ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not be disturbed by this blasphemous speech against me from the Assyrian king’s messengers.