Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 17:6
A church father on this verse
“A person who relies on himself, however, or even on the person whose duty it is to provide for his needs, and thinks that his own activity or that of his associate is a sufficient resource for his livelihood runs the risk, as he places his hope in humankind, of falling under the curse that reads, "Cursed is the one th…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
6And he shall be as the wild tamarisk in the desert: he shall not see when good comes; but he shall dwell in barren places, and in the wilderness, in a salt land which is not inhabited.
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5Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and will lean his arm of flesh upon him, while his heart departs from the Lord.
— Jeremiah 17:6 —
7But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord shall be.
8And he shall be as a thriving tree by the waters, and he shall cast forth his root toward a moist place: he shall not fear when heat comes, and there shall be upon him shady branches: he shall not fear in a year of drought, and he shall not fail to bear fruit.