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Isaiah 36:6
Look, I know you are depending on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff, which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him. (niv)
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Numbers 27:21
He is to stand before Eleazar the priest, who will obtain decisions for him by inquiring of the Urim before the Lord. At his command he and the entire community of the Israelites will go out, and at his command they will come in.” (niv)
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Jeremiah 43:7
So they entered Egypt in disobedience to the Lord and went as far as Tahpanhes. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 28:68
The Lord will send you back in ships to Egypt on a journey I said you should never make again. There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you. (niv)
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Jeremiah 42:2
Jeremiah the prophet and said to him,“ Please hear our petition and pray to the Lord your God for this entire remnant. For as you now see, though we were once many, now only a few are left. (niv)
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Jeremiah 42:20
that you made a fatal mistake when you sent me to the Lord your God and said,‘ Pray to the Lord our God for us; tell us everything he says and we will do it.’ (niv)
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1 Kings 22 7
But Jehoshaphat asked,“ Is there no longer a prophet of the Lord here whom we can inquire of?” (niv)
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Joshua 9:14
The Israelites sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the Lord. (niv)
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Isaiah 18:1
Woe to the land of whirring wings along the rivers of Cush, (niv)
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Jeremiah 21:2
“ Inquire now of the Lord for us because Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is attacking us. Perhaps the Lord will perform wonders for us as in times past so that he will withdraw from us.” (niv)
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2 Kings 17 4
But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was a traitor, for he had sent envoys to So king of Egypt, and he no longer paid tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore Shalmaneser seized him and put him in prison. (niv)
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Lamentations 4:20
The Lord’s anointed, our very life breath, was caught in their traps. We thought that under his shadow we would live among the nations. (niv)
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Judges 9:15
“ The thornbush said to the trees,‘ If you really want to anoint me king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, then let fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’ (niv)
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Isaiah 36:9
How then can you repulse one officer of the least of my master’s officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen? (niv)
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Isaiah 16:3
“ Make up your mind,” Moab says.“ Render a decision. Make your shadow like night— at high noon. Hide the fugitives, do not betray the refugees. (niv)
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Jeremiah 37:5
Pharaoh’s army had marched out of Egypt, and when the Babylonians who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem. (niv)
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Ezekiel 29:6-7
Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord.“‘ You have been a staff of reed for the people of Israel.When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were wrenched. (niv)
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Isaiah 20:5-6
Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be dismayed and put to shame.In that day the people who live on this coast will say,‘ See what has happened to those we relied on, those we fled to for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’” (niv)
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Isaiah 31:1-3
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the Lord.Yet he too is wise and can bring disaster; he does not take back his words. He will rise up against that wicked nation, against those who help evildoers.But the Egyptians are mere mortals and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, those who help will stumble, those who are helped will fall; all will perish together. (niv)