Bible Cross References
Asshur
Hosea 5:13
"When Israel saw how sick she was and when Judah saw her own wounds, then Israel went to Assyria to ask the great emperor for help, but he could not cure them or heal their wounds.
Hosea 7:11
Israel flits around like a silly pigeon; first her people call on Egypt for help, and then they run to Assyria!
Hosea 8:9
Stubborn as wild donkeys, the people of Israel go their own way. They have gone off to seek help from Assyria and have paid other nations to protect them.
Hosea 12:1
Everything that the people of Israel do from morning to night is useless and destructive. Treachery and acts of violence increase among them. They make treaties with Assyria and do business with Egypt."
2 Chronicles 16:7
At that time the prophet Hanani went to King Asa and said, "Because you relied on the king of Syria instead of relying on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Israel has escaped from you.
Psalm 146:3
Don't put your trust in human leaders; no human being can save you.
Jeremiah 31:18-22
18
"I hear the people of Israel say in grief, ' LORD, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back; we are ready to return to you, the LORD our God.
19
We turned away from you, but soon we wanted to return. After you had punished us, we hung our heads in grief. We were ashamed and disgraced because we sinned when we were young.'
20
"Israel, you are my dearest child, the one I love best. Whenever I mention your name, I think of you with love. My heart goes out to you; I will be merciful.
21
Set up signs and mark the road; find again the way by which you left. Come back, people of Israel, come home to the towns you left.
22
How long will you hesitate, faithless people? I have created something new and different, as different as a woman protecting a man."
we will not
Deuteronomy 17:16
The king is not to have a large number of horses for his army, and he is not to send people to Egypt to buy horses, because the LORD has said that his people are never to return there.
Psalm 20:7
Some trust in their war chariots and others in their horses, but we trust in the power of the LORD our God.
Psalm 20:8
Such people will stumble and fall, but we will rise and stand firm.
Psalm 33:17
War horses are useless for victory; their great strength cannot save.
Isaiah 30:2
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.
Isaiah 30:16
Instead, you plan to escape from your enemies by riding fast horses. And you are right---escape is what you will have to do! You think your horses are fast enough, but those who pursue you will be faster!
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.
Isaiah 36:8
I will make a bargain with you in the name of the emperor. I will give you two thousand horses if you can find that many riders.
neither
Hosea 14:8
The people of Israel will have nothing more to do with idols; I will answer their prayers and take care of them. Like an evergreen tree I will shelter them; I am the source of all their blessings."
Hosea 2:17
I will never let her speak the name of Baal again.
Isaiah 1:29
You will be sorry that you ever worshiped trees and planted sacred gardens.
Isaiah 2:20
When that day comes, they will throw away the gold and silver idols they have made, and abandon them to the moles and the bats.
Isaiah 27:9
But Israel's sins will be forgiven only when the stones of pagan altars are ground up like chalk, and no more incense altars or symbols of the goddess Asherah are left.
Ezekiel 36:25
I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean from all your idols and everything else that has defiled you.
Ezekiel 37:23
They will not defile themselves with disgusting idols any more or corrupt themselves with sin. I will free them from all the ways in which they sin and betray me. I will purify them; they will be my people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 43:7-9
7
"Mortal man, here is my throne. I will live here among the people of Israel and rule them forever. Neither the people of Israel nor their kings will ever again disgrace my holy name by worshiping other gods or by burying the corpses of their dead kings.
8
The kings built the doorsills and doorposts of their palace right against the doorsills and doorposts of my Temple, so that there was only a wall between us. They disgraced my holy name by all the disgusting things they did, and so in my anger I destroyed them.
9
Now they must stop worshiping other gods and remove the corpses of their kings. If they do, I will live among them forever."
Micah 5:10-14
10
The LORD says, "At that time I will take away your horses and destroy your chariots.
11
I will destroy the cities in your land and tear down all your defenses.
12
I will destroy the magic charms you use and leave you without any fortunetellers.
13
I will destroy your idols and sacred stone pillars; no longer will you worship the things that you yourselves have made.
14
I will pull down the images of the goddess Asherah in your land and destroy your cities.
Zechariah 13:2
At that time I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and no one will remember them any more. I will get rid of anyone who claims to be a prophet and will take away the desire to worship idols.
for
Exodus 22:22-24
22
Do not mistreat any widow or orphan.
23
If you do, I, the LORD, will answer them when they cry out to me for help,
24
and I will become angry and kill you in war. Your wives will become widows, and your children will be fatherless.
Psalm 10:14
But you do see; you take notice of trouble and suffering and are always ready to help. The helpless commit themselves to you; you have always helped the needy.
Psalm 68:5
God, who lives in his sacred Temple, cares for orphans and protects widows.
Psalm 146:9
He protects the strangers who live in our land; he helps widows and orphans, but takes the wicked to their ruin.
Proverbs 23:10
Never move an old property line or take over land owned by orphans.
Proverbs 23:11
The LORD is their powerful defender, and he will argue their case against you.
John 14:18
"When I go, you will not be left all alone; I will come back to you.