Jeremiah 17:5

Which verses does Jeremiah 17:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. Psalm 118:8–965 votes

   It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.

2. Psalm 146:3–451 votes

   Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save. When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

3. Isaiah 2:2238 votes

   Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

4. 2 Chronicles 32:830 votes

   With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

5. Isaiah 31:1–923 votes

   Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD. Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers. …

6. Isaiah 30:1–720 votes

   “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade. …

7. Isaiah 36:616 votes

   Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

8. Psalm 62:915 votes

   Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

9. Psalm 18:2113 votes

   For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

10. Ezekiel 29:6–711 votes

    Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel. When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.

11. Ezekiel 6:99 votes
12. Hosea 1:27 votes
13. Isaiah 59:156 votes

Which verses point to Jeremiah 17:5?

The 10 strongest of 41.

• Psalm 20:7 62
• Psalm 118:8 40
• Hebrews 3:12 33
• Isaiah 2:22 24
• Psalm 146:3 20
• 2 Chronicles 32:8 17
• Isaiah 31:1 17
• John 5:23 13
• 2 Chronicles 16:12 11
• Psalm 52:7 9