Friday, June 5, 2009

Trust Not in the Arm of the Flesh

These scriptural references kind of say it all, don't they:

2 Chr. 32: 8 With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord.
Ps. 20: 7 Some trust in chariots . . . but we will remember the name of the Lord.
Ps. 44: 6 I will not trust in my bow.
Ps. 146: 3 Put not your trust in princes.
Prov. 3: 5 lean not unto thine own understanding.
Prov. 11: 28 he that trusteth in his riches shall fail.
Prov. 28: 26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool.
Isa. 2: 8 (2 Ne. 12: 8) they worship the work of their own hands.
Isa. 2: 22 (2 Ne. 12: 22) Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils.
Isa. 30: 2 to trust in the shadow of Egypt.
Isa. 59: 4 they trust in vanity.
Jer. 17: 5 trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm.
Micah 7: 5 Trust ye not in a friend.
Rom. 8: 1 walk not after the flesh.
Philip. 3: 3 have no confidence in the flesh.
2 Ne. 4: 34 I will not put my trust in the arm of flesh.
2 Ne. 28: 31 Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man.
Mosiah 23: 14 trust no one to be your teacher . . . except . . . a man of God.
D&C 1: 19 neither trust in the arm of flesh.
D&C 3: 7 you should not have feared man more than God.
D&C 5: 21 yield to the persuasions of men no more.

The next time I'm concerned about the opinion of others, I'm going to think on these verses!