Psa 62:9, 118:8-9, Isa 2:22, 31:3, 37:6, Jer 17:5-6 | ESV | STEP | Those of low estate are but a breath ; those of high estate are a delusion ; in the balances they go up ; they are together lighter than a breath .

f[See ver. 8 above]

g Ps. 146:3

h Job 27:3; [James 4:14]

i Jer. 17:5

j 2 Chr. 32:8; Ps. 146:3

l ch. 48:6

m ch. 29:32; Job 20:17; Ps. 34:12

n Deut. 29:23; Job 39:6

Psalms 62:9

9 ^aThose of low estate are but a breath;
those of high estate ^bare a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
^cthey are together lighter than a breath.

Psalms 118:8-9

8 ^dIt is better to take refuge in the Lord
^ethan to trust in man.
9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
^fthan to trust in princes.

Isaiah 2:22

22 ^gStop regarding man
^hin whose nostrils is breath,
for of what account is he?

Isaiah 31:3

3 The Egyptians are man, and not God,
and their horses ⁱare flesh, and not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out his hand,
the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall,
and they will all perish together.

Isaiah 37:6

6 Isaiah said to them, “Say to your master, ‘Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the young men of the king of Assyria have reviled me.

Jeremiah 17:5-6

5 Thus says the Lord:
“Cursed is the man ^jwho trusts in man
and makes flesh his strength, ^{▼▼Hebrew arm}
whose heart turns away from the Lord.
6 ^lHe is like a shrub in the desert,
^mand shall not see any good come.
He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,
in ⁿan uninhabited salt land.