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.
2 Chronicles 28:20-21
So Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came against him and harassed him instead of strengthening and supporting him.
Job 6:14-20
“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not
Isaiah 30:1-3
“Who carry out a plan, but not Mine,
And make an alliance [by pouring out a libation], but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
Ezekiel 29:6-7
“And all the inhabitants of Egypt will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord,
Because they have been [only] a staff made of [fragile] reeds to the house of Israel.
2 Timothy 4:16
At my first trial no one supported me [as an advocate] or stood with me, but they all deserted me. May it not be counted against them [by God].
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“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not
“Who carry out a plan, but not Mine,
And make an alliance [by pouring out a libation], but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
“And all the inhabitants of Egypt will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord,
Because they have been [only] a staff made of [fragile] reeds to the house of Israel.