Jeremiah 17:5

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

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6 songs meet this passage

  • dangerously in love · beyonce

    strains against Jeremiah 17:5

    The warning against making flesh our ultimate strength speaks to the spiritual risk of anchoring one's whole existence in another person, even a beloved one.

  • “I could change your life so easily”

    NOKIA · Drake

    strains against Jeremiah 17:5

    The boast of being someone's savior or life-changer echoes a self-reliance Scripture warns against trusting in man rather than God.

  • “I can't ever change without you”

    Mirrors · Justin Timberlake

    strains against Jeremiah 17:5

    Scripture cautions against placing ultimate trust or identity in another person; here the lover is framed as essential to one's very self.

  • “Our only hope is in minds of kids”

    Red Flag · Billy Talent

    strains against Jeremiah 17:5

    Placing ultimate hope in human minds and generational rebellion echoes the very trust in man that this verse warns against.

  • Dead Or Alive · Izumi is dead

    resonates with Jeremiah 17:5

    The song's heartbreak that a person could not be its 'remedy' echoes the warning against placing ultimate trust in another human being.

  • “The universe never steered me wrong, the universe never lied”

    By Design (feat. Andre Benjamin) · Kid Cudi

    strains against Jeremiah 17:5

    Trusting the universe as an infallible guide stands against Scripture's warning against placing ultimate trust in anything other than God.

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