Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
General references
Bible References
General references
2 Chronicles 28:20
King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria attacked Ahaz and, instead of helping him, attacked him.
Job 6:14
The friend shows gracious love for his friend, even if he has forsaken the fear of the Almighty.
Isaiah 30:1
"Oh, you stubborn children," declares the LORD, "who carry out plans but they are not mine, and who make alliances but not by my Spirit, piling sin upon sin.
Isaiah 36:6
Take note: you're relying on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff, which pierces the palm of anyone who leans on it. This is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like to everybody who depends on him!
Ezekiel 29:6
"Then everyone living in Egypt will know that I am the LORD, because they have been an unreliable ally to the house of Israel.
2 Timothy 4:16
At my first trial no one came to my defense. Everyone abandoned me. May it not be held against them!