Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

Bible References

We will not

Deuteronomy 17:16
Moreover, he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor shall he cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, since the Lord has said to you, ‘You shall never again return that way.’
Psalm 20:7
Some boast in chariots and some in horses,
But we will boast in the name of the Lord, our God.
Psalm 33:17
A horse is a false hope for victory;
Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.
Isaiah 30:2
Who proceed down to Egypt
Without consulting Me,
To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh
And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
Isaiah 31:3
Now the Egyptians are men and not God,
And their horses are flesh and not spirit;
So the Lord will stretch out His hand,
And he who helps will stumble
And he who is helped will fall,
And all of them will come to an end together.
Isaiah 36:8
Now therefore, come make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.

Neither

Hosea 14:8
O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.
I am like a luxuriant cypress;
From Me comes your fruit.
Hosea 2:17
“For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,
So that they will be mentioned by their names no more.
Isaiah 1:29
Surely you will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired,
And you will be embarrassed at the gardens which you have chosen.
Isaiah 2:20
In that day men will cast away to the moles and the bats
Their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
Which they made for themselves to worship,
Isaiah 27:9
Therefore through this Jacob’s iniquity will be forgiven;
And this will be the full price of the pardoning of his sin:
When he makes all the altar stones like pulverized chalk stones;
When Asherim and incense altars will not stand.
Ezekiel 36:25
Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
Ezekiel 37:23
They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 43:7
He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the sons of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their harlotry and by the corpses of their kings when they die,
Micah 5:10
“It will be in that day,” declares the Lord,
That I will cut off your horses from among you
And destroy your chariots.
Zechariah 13:2
“It will come about in that day,” declares the Lord of hosts, “that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and I will also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.

For

Exodus 22:22
You shall not afflict any widow or orphan.
Psalm 10:14
You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand.
The unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the helper of the orphan.
Psalm 68:5
A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
Psalm 146:9
The Lord protects the strangers;
He supports the fatherless and the widow,
But He thwarts the way of the wicked.
Proverbs 23:10
Do not move the ancient boundary
Or go into the fields of the fatherless,
John 14:18
“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

General references

1 Samuel 7:4
So the sons of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth and served the Lord alone.
Isaiah 1:19
If you consent and obey,
You will eat the best of the land;
Isaiah 17:7
In that day man will have regard for his Maker
And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel.
Lamentations 5:3
We have become orphans without a father,
Our mothers are like widows.