Ezekiel 29:7
When they reached out to you for support, you tore their hands and dislocated all of their shoulders. When they tried to lean on you, they couldn't control their own bowels.'
Ezekiel 17:15-17
But he rebelled against the king of Babylon by sending his messengers to Egypt to obtain horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Or will the one who did this escape? Will he break the covenant, but still be delivered?'"
Psalm 118:8-9
It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in people.
Psalm 146:3-4
Do not look to nobles, nor to mere human beings who cannot save.
Proverbs 25:19
A bad tooth and an unsteady foot that's what confidence in an unreliable man is like in a time of trouble.
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!
Jeremiah 17:5-6
This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind, who makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
Jeremiah 37:5-11
Pharaoh's army had come out of Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.