Some people are interested or wired to associate with people “with connections” to powerful, influential, or wealthy people. They are not able to appreciate people whom they consider of lower “quality” than themselves.  James 2:4-6 has this to say: ⁴ doesn’t this discrimination show that your judgments are guided by evil motives? ⁵ Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn’t God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren’t they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him? ⁶ But you dishonor the poor! Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?

To put trust and hope and faith in people, even if powerful, is futile as they will die and when they do, their plans and promises come to nothing.

Psalm 146:3-5 says:  ³ Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.⁴ When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them. ⁵ But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God. ⁶ He made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.  He keeps every promise forever. ⁷ He gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry.  The Lord frees the prisoners. ⁸ The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.  The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down. The Lord loves the godly.  ⁹ The Lord protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows, but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.