Ezekiel 29:7

“When they took hold of you with the hand,
You broke and tore all their hands;
And when they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their loins quake.”

Ezekiel 17:15-17

But he rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt that they might give him horses and many troops. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Can he indeed break the covenant and escape?

Psalm 118:8-9

It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.

Psalm 146:3-4

Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

Proverbs 25:19

Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot
Is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

Isaiah 36:6

Behold, you rely on the staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.

Jeremiah 17:5-6

Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind
And makes flesh his strength,
And whose heart turns away from the Lord.

Jeremiah 37:5-11

Meanwhile, Pharaoh’s army had set out from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who had been besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they lifted the siege from Jerusalem.

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Summary

Ezekiel 29:7

When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

They took

Ezekiel 17:15

Jeremiah 37:5

Thou didst

General references

Proverbs 25:19

Isaiah 36:6

Bible References

They took

Meanwhile, Pharaoh’s army had set out from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who had been besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they lifted the siege from Jerusalem.

Thou didst

It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.

Do not trust in princes,

In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot
Is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind
And makes flesh his strength,
And whose heart turns away from the Lord.

General references

Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot
Is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

Behold, you rely on the staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.