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Proverbs 25:19
Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot.

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Proverbs 25:20
Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.

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Job 6:14
He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.

Job 6:15
My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:

Job 6:16
Which are dark because of the ice, and the snow falling into them;

Job 6:17
Under the burning sun they are cut off, and come to nothing because of the heat.

Job 6:18
The camel-trains go out of their way; they go up into the waste and come to destruction.

Job 6:19
The camel-trains of Tema were searching with care, the bands of Sheba were waiting for them:

Job 6:20
They were put to shame because of their hope; they came and their hope was gone.

2 Timothy 4:16
At my first meeting with my judges, no one took my part, but all went away from me. May it not be put to their account.

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Isaiah 36:6
See, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go into a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

Ezekiel 29:7
When they took a grip of you in their hands, you were crushed so that their arms were broken: and when they put their weight on you for support, you were broken and all their muscles gave way.

Isaiah 30:1
Ho! uncontrolled children, says the Lord, who give effect to a purpose which is not mine, and who make an agreement, but not by my spirit, increasing their sin:

Isaiah 30:2
Who make a move to go down into Egypt, without authority from me; who are looking to the strength of Pharaoh for help, and whose hope is in the shade of Egypt.

Isaiah 30:3
And the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and your hope in the shade of Egypt will come to nothing.

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2 Chronicles 28:20
Then Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came to him, but was a cause of trouble and not of strength to him.

2 Chronicles 28:21
For Ahaz took a part of the wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the house of the king and of the great men, and gave it to the king of Assyria; but it was no help to him.

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Job 12:5
In the thought of him who is in comfort there is no respect for one who is in trouble; such is the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

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