Bible Cross References
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
2 Chronicles 28:20
And Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him and distressed him, and did not help him.
2 Chronicles 28:21
For Ahaz took part of the treasures from the house of Jehovah, from the house of the king, and from the rulers, and he gave it to the king of Assyria; but he did not help him.
Job 6:14-20
14
To him who is despairing, kindness should be shown by his friend; but he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15
My brothers have dealt deceitfully. Like a brook, like the streams of the brooks, they pass away;
16
which are dark because of the ice, and into which the snow vanishes.
17
When it is warm, they stop flowing; when it is hot, they dry up from their place.
18
The paths of their journey are winding; they go into nothingness and vanish.
19
The wanderers of Tema have paid attention; the travelers of Sheba have looked for them.
20
They are disappointed because they had been confident, but when they had come there they were abashed.
Isaiah 30:1-3
1
Woe to the rebellious children, says Jehovah, who take counsel, but not of Me; and who pour out drink offerings, but not of My Spirit; that they sweep away sin after sin;
2
who set out to go down to Egypt and have not asked at My mouth, to strengthen themselves in the refuge of Pharaoh and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
3
Therefore the refuge of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt shall be your reproach.
Isaiah 36:6
Lo, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; on which, if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
Ezekiel 29:6
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Jehovah, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 29:7
When they took hold of you by the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins stand.
2 Timothy 4:16
At my first defense no one stood with me, but all deserted me. May it not be reckoned against them.