Proverbs 25:19

Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult time
is like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot.

Isaiah 36:6

Look, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will enter and pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. This is how Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who trust in him.

2 Chronicles 28:20-21

Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came against Ahaz; he oppressed him and did not give him support.

Job 6:14-20

A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends,
even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.

Isaiah 30:1-3

Woe to the rebellious children!
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They carry out a plan, but not Mine;
they make an alliance,
but against My will,
piling sin on top of sin.

Ezekiel 29:6-7

Then all the inhabitants of Egypt
will know that I am Yahweh,
for they have been a staff made of reed
to the house of Israel.

2 Timothy 4:16

At my first defense, no one stood by me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be counted against them.

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Proverbs 25:19

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

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Then Tiglath-pileser

king of Assyria came against Ahaz; he oppressed him and did not give him support.

A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends,

even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.

Woe to the rebellious children!
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They carry out a plan, but not Mine;
they make an alliance,
but against My will,
piling sin on top of sin.

Look, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will enter and pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. This is how Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who trust in him.

Then all the inhabitants of Egypt
will know that I am Yahweh,
for they have been a staff made of reed
to the house of Israel.

At my first defense, no one stood by me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be counted against them.