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Jeremiah 17:5

Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

KJV

Hæc dicit Dominus : Maledictus homo qui confidit in homine, et ponit carnem brachium suum, et a Domino recedit cor ejus.

Vulgate

Ἐπικατάρατος ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὃς τὴν ἐλπίδα ἔχει ἐπ’ ἄνθρωπον, καὶ στηρίσει σάρκα βραχίονος αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ αὐτόν, καὶ ἀπὸ Κυρίου ἀποστῇ ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ·

LXX

Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.

ASV

כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אָר֤וּר הַ/גֶּ֨בֶר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִבְטַ֣ח בָּֽ/אָדָ֔ם וְ/שָׂ֥ם בָּשָׂ֖ר זְרֹע֑/וֹ וּ/מִן יְהוָ֖ה יָס֥וּר לִבּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
אָר֣וּר
'rvr
verb · 63×
בֹּטְחִ֖ים
btchym
verb · 117×
גֶ֣בֶר
gbr
noun · 65×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
זְר֣וֹעַ
zrv'
noun · 91×
י
y
noun · 591×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

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Cross-references

  • 2Chr 16:12 — And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
  • 2Chr 32:8 — With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
  • 2Chr 32:8 — With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
  • 2Cor 1:9 — But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
  • Eph 1:12 — That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
  • Ezek 6:9 — And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes,
  • Ezek 29:6 — And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
  • Ezek 29:7 — When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
  • Heb 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
  • Hos 1:2 — The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from
  • Isa 1:30 — For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
  • Isa 2:22 — Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?
  • Isa 2:22 — Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?
  • Isa 20:5 — And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
  • Isa 22:25 — In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoke
  • Isa 30:1 — Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
  • Isa 30:3 — Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
  • Isa 31:1 — Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Isra
  • Isa 31:1 — Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Isra
  • Isa 36:6 — Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
  • Isa 50:11 — Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down
  • Isa 59:15 — Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
  • Jer 2:37 — Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
  • Jer 17:13 — O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
  • Job 6:21 — For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
  • John 5:23 — That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
  • Mal 2:8 — But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
  • Mark 4:6 — But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
  • Matt 25:41 — Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
  • Prov 14:14 — The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
  • Ps 18:21 — For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
  • Ps 20:7 — Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
  • Ps 52:7 — Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
  • Ps 62:9 — Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
  • Ps 108:12 — Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
  • Ps 118:8 — It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
  • Ps 118:8 — It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
  • Ps 146:3 — Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
  • Ps 146:3 — Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
  • Rom 5:5 — And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.