Proverbs 25:19
New King James Version
19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble
Is like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint.
Ezekiel 29:6-7
New King James Version
6 “Then all the inhabitants of Egypt
Shall know that I am the Lord,
Because they have been a (A)staff of reed to the house of Israel.
7 (B)When they took hold of you with the hand,
You broke and tore all their [a]shoulders;
When they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their backs quiver.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 29:7 So with MT, Vg.; LXX, Syr. hand
Isaiah 36:6
New King James Version
6 Look! You are trusting in the (A)staff of this broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who (B)trust in him.
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Job 6:14-20
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14 “To(A) him who is [a]afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend,
Even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 (B)My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook,
(C)Like the streams of the brooks that pass away,
16 Which are dark because of the ice,
And into which the snow vanishes.
17 When it is warm, they cease to flow;
When it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18 The paths of their way turn aside,
They go nowhere and perish.
19 The caravans of (D)Tema look,
The travelers of (E)Sheba hope for them.
20 They are (F)disappointed[b] because they were confident;
They come there and are confused.
2 Timothy 4:16
New King James Version
16 At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. (A)May it not be charged against them.
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2 Chronicles 28:20-21
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20 Also (A)Tiglath-Pileser[a] king of Assyria came to him and distressed him, and did not assist him. 21 For Ahaz took part of the treasures from the house of the Lord, from the house of the king, and from the leaders, and he gave it to the king of Assyria; but he did not help him.
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- 2 Chronicles 28:20 Heb. Tilgath-Pilneser
Isaiah 30:1-3
New King James Version
Futile Confidence in Egypt
30 “Woe to the rebellious children,” says the Lord,
(A)“Who take counsel, but not of Me,
And who [a]devise plans, but not of My Spirit,
(B)That they may add sin to sin;
2 (C)Who walk to go down to Egypt,
And (D)have not asked My advice,
To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh,
And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
3 (E)Therefore the strength of Pharaoh
Shall be your shame,
And trust in the shadow of Egypt
Shall be your humiliation.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 30:1 Lit. weave a web
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