Bible Cross References
Cursed
Psalm 62:9
Human beings are all like a puff of breath; great and small alike are worthless. Put them on the scales, and they weigh nothing; they are lighter than a mere breath.
Psalm 118:8
It is better to trust in the LORD than to depend on people.
Psalm 118:9
It is better to trust in the LORD than to depend on human leaders.
Psalm 146:3
Don't put your trust in human leaders; no human being can save you.
Psalm 146:4
When they die, they return to the dust; on that day all their plans come to an end.
Isaiah 2:22
Put no more confidence in mortals. What are they worth?
Isaiah 30:1-7
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The LORD has spoken: "Those who rule Judah are doomed because they rebel against me. They follow plans that I did not make, and sign treaties against my will, piling one sin on another.
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They go to Egypt for help without asking for my advice. They want Egypt to protect them, so they put their trust in Egypt's king.
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But the king will be powerless to help them, and Egypt's protection will end in disaster.
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Although their ambassadors have already arrived at the Egyptian cities of Zoan and Hanes,
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the people of Judah will regret that they ever trusted that unreliable nation, a nation that fails them when they expect help."
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This is God's message about the animals of the southern desert: "The ambassadors travel through dangerous country, where lions live and where there are poisonous snakes and flying dragons. They load their donkeys and camels with expensive gifts for a nation that cannot give them any help.
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The help that Egypt gives is useless. So I have nicknamed Egypt, 'The Harmless Dragon.' "
Isaiah 31:1-9
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Those who go to Egypt for help are doomed! They are relying on Egypt's vast military strength---horses, chariots, and soldiers. But they do not rely on the LORD, the holy God of Israel, or ask him for help.
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He knows what he is doing! He sends disaster. He carries out his threats to punish evil people and those who protect them.
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The Egyptians are not gods---they are only human. Their horses are not supernatural. When the LORD acts, the strong nation will crumble, and the weak nation it helped will fall. Both of them will be destroyed.
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The LORD said to me, "No matter how shepherds yell and shout, they can't scare away a lion from an animal that it has killed; in the same way, there is nothing that can keep me, the LORD Almighty, from protecting Mount Zion.
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Just as a bird hovers over its nest to protect its young, so I, the LORD Almighty, will protect Jerusalem and defend it."
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God said, "People of Israel, you have sinned against me and opposed me. But now, come back to me!
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A time is coming when all of you will throw away the sinful idols you made out of silver and gold.
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Assyria will be destroyed in war, but not by human power. The Assyrians will run from battle, and their young men will be made slaves.
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Their emperor will run away in terror, and the officers will be so frightened that they will abandon their battle flags." The LORD has spoken---the LORD who is worshiped in Jerusalem and whose fire burns there for sacrifices.
Isaiah 36:6
You are expecting Egypt to help you, but that would be like using a reed as a walking stick---it would break and would jab your hand. That is what the king of Egypt is like when anyone relies on him."
Ezekiel 29:6
Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD." The LORD says, "The Israelites relied on you Egyptians for support, but you were no better than a weak stick.
Ezekiel 29:7
When they leaned on you, you broke, pierced their armpits, and made them wrench their backs.
flesh
2 Chronicles 32:8
He has human power, but we have the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles." The people were encouraged by these words of their king.
Isaiah 31:3
The Egyptians are not gods---they are only human. Their horses are not supernatural. When the LORD acts, the strong nation will crumble, and the weak nation it helped will fall. Both of them will be destroyed.
whose
Psalm 18:21
I have obeyed the law of the LORD; I have not turned away from my God.
Isaiah 59:15
There is so little honesty that those who stop doing evil find themselves the victims of crime." The LORD has seen this, and he is displeased that there is no justice.
Ezekiel 6:9
where they will live in exile. There they will remember me and know that I have punished them and disgraced them, because their faithless hearts deserted me and they preferred idols to me. And they will be disgusted with themselves because of the evil and degrading things they have done.
Hosea 1:2
When the LORD first spoke to Israel through Hosea, he said to Hosea, "Go and get married; your wife will be unfaithful, and your children will be just like her. In the same way my people have left me and become unfaithful."
Hebrews 3:12
My friends, be careful that none of you have a heart so evil and unbelieving that you will turn away from the living God.