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Psa 118:8 — [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		Psa 40:4; Psa 62:8,9; Jer 17:5-7; Mic 7:5-7

Correlating Passages

Related Verses

	Psa 40:4	Blessed [is] that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
	Psa 62:8	Trust in him at all times; [ye] people, pour out your heart before him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.
	Psa 62:9	Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high degree [are] a lie: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity.
	Jer 17:5	Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
	Jer 17:6	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.
	Jer 17:7	Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
	Mic 7:5	Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
	Mic 7:6	For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies [are] the men of his own house.
	Mic 7:7	Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 118:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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