Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
Stay on horses
They look
General references
Bible References
To them
Isaiah 30:1
Suffer you unwilling children, says Jehovah. You pursue a purpose that is not mine. You make a covenant sacrifice without my Spirit. You add sin to sin.
Isaiah 36:6
When you trust Egypt, you trust a broken stick for a staff. If you lean on it, it stabs your hand and goes through it. This is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is like for everyone who trusts him.
Isaiah 57:9
You went to the king with ointment and much perfume. You sent your messengers far off, and descended even to the grave.
Ezekiel 17:15
But he rebelled against him! He sent 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?'
Hosea 11:5
Will they not return to Egypt and will not Assyria rule over them because they refuse to repent?
Stay on horses
Isaiah 30:16
You have said: No, we will flee on horses. So you flee. You added: We will ride on fast horses. So those who chase you will also be fast.
Isaiah 36:9
How can you defeat my master's lowest-ranking officers when you trust Egypt for chariots and horses?
Deuteronomy 17:16
He must not increase his herd of horses. He must not send the people to return to Egypt to get more horses. For Jehovah said to you: You should never again return that way.
Psalm 20:7
Some boast in chariots and others in horses, but we will boast in the name of Jehovah our God.
Psalm 33:16
A mighty army does not save the king. A warrior is not delivered by great strength.
They look
Isaiah 5:12
At their feasts there are lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine. Yet, they do not pay attention to what Jehovah is doing or respect what his hands have done.
Isaiah 17:7
On that day people will regard their Maker. Their eyes will look (offer respect) to the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 22:11
You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or have regard for him who planned it long ago.
2 Chronicles 16:7
Then the prophet Hanani went to King Asa. He said: Because you relied on the king of Syria instead of relying on Jehovah your God, the army of the king of Israel has escaped from you.
Jeremiah 2:13
My people have done two things wrong: (l) They have abandoned me, the fountain (source) of living waters. They have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. (Revelation 4:11)
Jeremiah 17:5
This is what Jehovah says: Cursed is the person who trusts humans, who makes flesh and blood his strength and whose heart turns away from Jehovah.
Hosea 14:3
Assyria will not save us and we will not ride on horses. We will not say again: Our god, to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy.
Neither
Isaiah 9:13
The people did not turn back to him who struck them, or seek Jehovah of Hosts.
Isaiah 64:7
No one calls on your name or tries to hold on to you. You have hidden your face from us. You allowed us be ruined by our sins.
Daniel 9:13
As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this evil has come upon us. Yet we have not earnestly requested the favor of Jehovah our God. We should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in your truth.
Hosea 7:7
They are all as hot as an oven. They consume their rulers like a fire. All their kings die in battle, and none of them calls to me.
Amos 5:4
Jehovah said to the house of Israel: Seek me and you will live!
General references
Isaiah 30:5
Everyone will be ashamed because of a people who cannot help them. They cannot help. They can only offer shame and reproach.