Bible Dictionary: Man: The Help of, Vain

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Psalm 60:11
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

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That Man Hath no Good in Himself, and Nothing Whereof to Glory
... Thy hand to help me; because Thou alone canst aid without help of man ... But I am vanity
and nothing in Thy sight, a man inconstant and ... This also is utterly vain. ...
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Of Fleeing from Vain Hope and Pride
... Vain is the life of that man who putteth his trust in men or in any created Thing. ...
Do what lieth in thy power, and God will help thy good intent. ...
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Costly and Fatal Help
... narrative illustrates for us the crowd of vain helpers to ... and foul shape seemed to
promise some help, there went ... that of a godless and desperate man who will ...
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Job's Question, Jesus' Answer
... examples of a doubting, superficial hold of the truth that man lives through ... height
in believing that 'even now'"at this moment when help is vain and hope ...
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That we must not Believe Everyone, and that we are Prone to Fall ...
... Lord, be thou my help in trouble, for vain is the help of man.(1) How often have
I failed to find faithfulness, where I thought I possessed it. ...
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The Fortieth Chapter: Man Has no Good in Himself and Can Glory in ...
... For You alone, without human aid, can help me and strengthen me so ... In Your sight
I am vanity and nothingness, a weak, unstable man. ... This, too, is utterly vain. ...
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Of Seeking Divine Help, and the Confidence of Obtaining Grace
... in Me; neither beside Me is there any strong help, nor profitable ... the day is the
evil thereof.(2) It is vain and useless ... 3. "But it is the nature of man to be ...
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The Rich Man and Lazarus
... Must they fall "like one of the people?" Is there no help? A rich man in London,
some years ago, when the physician told him he must die, gnashed his ... Vain hope ...
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Psalm CXVI.
... For I thought I might rejoice and exult in the vain help of man; but when I had
heard from my Lord, "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted:" ...
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For Though a Man Should be by no Means Greatly Advantaged by ...
... Moreover, it is proper that the righteous man should not ... Wisdom availeth more in
the way of help than a ... of considering the follies and the vain counsels of the ...
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