Jeremiah 17:5-7

New Catholic Bible

⁵ Thus says the Lord:
    Cursed is anyone who places his trust in human beings
and relies on human strength
    while his heart turns away from the Lord.
⁶ Such a person is like a shrub in the desert;
    when relief comes, he will not be aware of it.
He will continue to live
    in the parched areas of the desert,
    in an uninhabited salt land.
⁷ Blessed are those who trust in the Lord
    and whose hope is the Lord.