Bible Cross References
a silly
Hosea 11:11
They will come from Egypt, as swiftly as birds, and from Assyria, like doves. I will bring them to their homes again. I, the LORD, have spoken."
without
Hosea 4:11
The LORD says, "Wine, both old and new, is robbing my people of their senses!
Proverbs 6:32
But a man who commits adultery doesn't have any sense. He is just destroying himself.
Proverbs 15:32
If you refuse to learn, you are hurting yourself. If you accept correction, you will become wiser.
Proverbs 17:16
It does a fool no good to spend money on an education, because he has no common sense.
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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 8:8
Israel has become like any other nation and is as useless as a broken pot.
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 9:3
The people of Israel will not remain in the LORD's land, but will have to go back to Egypt and will have to eat forbidden food in Assyria.
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."
Hosea 14:3
Assyria can never save us, and war horses cannot protect us. We will never again say to our idols that they are our God. O LORD, you show mercy to those who have no one else to turn to."
2 Kings 15:19
Tiglath Pileser, the emperor of Assyria, invaded Israel, and Menahem gave him thirty-eight tons of silver to gain his support in strengthening Menahem's power over the country.
2 Kings 17:3
Emperor Shalmaneser of Assyria made war against him; Hoshea surrendered to Shalmaneser and paid him tribute every year.
2 Kings 17:4
But one year Hoshea sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, asking for his help, and stopped paying the annual tribute to Assyria. When Shalmaneser learned of this, he had Hoshea arrested and put in prison.
Isaiah 30:1-6
1
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.
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.
3
But the king will be powerless to help them, and Egypt's protection will end in disaster.
4
Although their ambassadors have already arrived at the Egyptian cities of Zoan and Hanes,
5
the people of Judah will regret that they ever trusted that unreliable nation, a nation that fails them when they expect help."
6
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.
Isaiah 31:1-3
1
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.
2
He knows what he is doing! He sends disaster. He carries out his threats to punish evil people and those who protect them.
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.
Jeremiah 2:18
What do you think you will gain by going to Egypt to drink water from the Nile? What do you think you will gain by going to Assyria to drink water from the Euphrates?
Jeremiah 2:36
You have cheapened yourself by turning to the gods of other nations. You will be disappointed by Egypt, just as you were by Assyria.
Ezekiel 23:4-8
4
The older one was named Oholah (she represents Samaria), and the younger one was named Oholibah (she represents Jerusalem). I married both of them, and they bore me children.
5
Although she was mine, Oholah continued to be a prostitute and was full of lust for her lovers from Assyria.
6
They were soldiers in uniforms of purple, noblemen and high-ranking officers; all of them were handsome young cavalry officers.
7
She was the whore for all the Assyrian officers, and her lust led her to defile herself by worshiping Assyrian idols.
8
She continued what she had begun as a prostitute in Egypt, where she lost her virginity. From the time she was a young woman, men slept with her and treated her like a prostitute.