Quotes About Reliance

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

But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”

On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

Egyptís help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.

“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.

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.

But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.

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.

You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.

No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”

This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.

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.

Egypt will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity in turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”

You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighborís wife. Should you then possess the land?í

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.

He instructed them to take nothing but a staff for the journey—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—

so that your faith would not rest on menís wisdom, but on Godís power.

Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.