2 Kings 18:21

Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Cross References (7)

  • Isaiah 30:7 (5)

    Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.

  • Isaiah 30:2–3 (4)

    They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in

  • Ezekiel 29:6–7 (4)

    Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.

  • Jeremiah 46:17 (2)

    There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.’

  • Isaiah 36:6 (2)

    Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it

  • 2 Kings 17:4 (2)

    But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not pai

  • Isaiah 31:1–3 (2)

    Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their mu