Ezekiel 29:7
“When they (Israel) grasped you (Egypt) by the hand,
You broke and tore apart their hands;
When they leaned on you,
You broke and strained their backs.”
Ezekiel 17:15-17
But Zedekiah rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar by sending his ambassadors to Egypt so 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 [with Babylon] and [still] 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 (help).
Proverbs 25:19
Like a broken tooth or an unsteady foot
Is confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble.
Isaiah 36:6
Listen carefully, you rely on the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on 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 and relies on mankind,
Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength,
And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.
Jeremiah 37:5-11
Meanwhile, Pharaoh’s army had set out from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the news about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
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They took
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They took
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 (help).
Like a broken tooth or an unsteady foot
Is confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble.
Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind,
Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength,
And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.
General references
Like a broken tooth or an unsteady foot
Is confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble.