Isaiah 31:3

New International Version

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.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:8

With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people gained confidence from what Hezekiah the king of Judah said.

Psalm 118:8

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans.

Psalm 33:17

A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save.

Psalm 9:20

Strike them with terror, Lord; let the nations know they are only mortal.

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches?

Isaiah 20:4

so the king of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared—to Egypt’s shame.

Isaiah 20:6

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?’ ”

Isaiah 30:16

You said, ‘No, we will flee on horses.’ Therefore you will flee! You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’ Therefore your pursuers will be swift!

Isaiah 30:5

everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them, who bring neither help nor advantage, but only shame and disgrace.”

Isaiah 30:7

to Egypt, whose help is utterly useless. Therefore I call her Rahab the Do-Nothing.

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.

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?

Isaiah 9:17

Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men, nor will he pity the fatherless and widows, for everyone is ungodly and wicked, every mouth speaks folly. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.

Jeremiah 15:6

You have rejected me,” declares the Lord. “You keep on backsliding. So I will reach out and destroy you; I am tired of holding back.

Jeremiah 17:5

This is what the Lord says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord.

Ezekiel 28:2

“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “ ‘In the pride of your heart you say, “I am a god; I sit on the throne of a god in the heart of the seas.” But you are a mere mortal and not a god, though you think you are as wise as a god.

Ezekiel 28:9

Will you then say, “I am a god,” in the presence of those who kill you? You will be but a mortal, not a god, in the hands of those who slay you.

Amos 2:15

The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet-footed soldier will not get away, and the horseman will not save his life.

Matthew 15:14

Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”