Psalms 146:3
Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
In Context
4Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:7At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa, king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have put your faith in the king of Aram and not in the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has got away out of your hands.
Psalms 62:9\62:8\Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. (Selah.)
Psalms 118:8It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in man.
Isaiah 2:22Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.
Isaiah 31:3For the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit: and when the Lord's hand is stretched out, the helper and he who is helped will come down together.
Jeremiah 17:5This is what the Lord has said: Cursed is the man who puts his faith in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart is turned away from the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 146:2-5
The Divine Bounty. 1 Praise ye the Lord . Praise the Lord , O my soul. 2 While I live will I praise the Lord : I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. David is supposed to have penned this psalm; and he was himself a prince, a mighty prince; as such, it might be thought, 1. That he should be exempted from the service of praising… Read the whole commentary →