"It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes."
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For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
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.
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.
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
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 Israel, neither seek the LORD!
It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in rulers.
It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in nobles.
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, Than to put confidence in princes.
Better to take refuge in Jehovah, Than to trust in princes.