Jeremiah 17:5-6

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. He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Jeremiah 17

12 songs meet this passage

  • “Heat waves been faking me out”

    Heat Waves · Glass Animals

    resonates with Jeremiah 17:5-6

    The mirage of heat waves pictures how something hoped-for can distort reality, much like misplaced trust that leaves one parched.

  • 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 life-changer sits oddly against Scripture's warning against trusting in mere human strength or charm.

  • “you kissed my lips and you saved me”

    Set Fire to the Rain · Adele

    strains against Jeremiah 17:5

    The singer places saving power in a human lover, which Scripture warns is a fragile foundation for the heart's trust.

  • “Makes me feel like I can't live without you”

    Stay (feat. Mikky Ekko) · Rihanna

    strains against Jeremiah 17:5

    The song locates ultimate sustenance in another flawed person; Scripture warns against placing that kind of trust in human flesh alone.

  • “You say you want a leader”

    Purple Rain · Prince & The Revolution

    strains against Jeremiah 17:5

    The singer offers himself as guide and leader through the storm, a human substitute for the kind of trust Scripture reserves for God alone.

  • “I really need you tonight”

    Total Eclipse of the Heart · Bonnie Tyler

    strains against Jeremiah 17:5

    The song places total reliance and hope for wholeness in another human being, the very trust Scripture warns against placing in flesh alone.

  • 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”

    By Design (feat. Andre Benjamin) · Kid Cudi

    strains against Jeremiah 17:5

    The song trusts an impersonal 'universe' as a guide, while Scripture warns against trusting in anything but the Lord.

  • “You're a superstar, yes that's what you are”

    Vogue · Madonna

    strains against Jeremiah 17:5

    The song affirms self-sufficiency and self-glory as the cure for pain, while Scripture warns against placing ultimate trust and identity in human strength or image.

  • Wonderwall · Oasis

    strains against Jeremiah 17:5-7

    The whole song's posture of pinning one's deepest hope on another human heart stands against this passage's contrast between trusting man and trusting God.

  • Love Will Lead You Back (Single Edit) · Taylor Dayne

    strains against Jeremiah 17:5-7

    The song places unwavering confidence in love and fate ('sure as stars are shining') where Scripture reserves that kind of certainty for trust in God, not in another person's return.

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