Jeremiah 17:7
Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, for the Lord will be his confidence.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 2:12Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just.
Psalms 34:8Let the snare, of which he is ignorant, come upon him, and let the deception, which he has hidden, take hold of him: and may he fall into that very snare.
Psalms 84:12Truth has risen from the earth, and justice has gazed down from heaven.
Psalms 146:5Great is our Lord, and great is his virtue. And of his wisdom, there is no number.
Isaiah 26:3The old error has gone away. You will serve peace: peace, for we have hoped in you.
Zephaniah 3:12And I will bequeath into your midst a poor and needy people, and they will hope in the name of the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 17:6-12
True and False Confidence; Deceitfulness of the Heart; Unlawful Gains. ( b. c. 605.) 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 . 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord , and whose hope the Lord is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters,… Read the whole commentary →