Deu 17:16, 2Ki 18:21, Isa 31:1, 3, 36:6, 9, Jer 37:7, 42:14-18, Eze 17:15, 17 | ESV | STEP | Only he must not acquire many horses for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses , since the Lord has said to you, You shall never return that way again .

Deuteronomy 17:16

16 Only he must not acquire many ^ahorses for himself or cause the people ^bto return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the Lord has said to you, ^c‘You shall never return that way again.’

2 Kings 18:21

21 Behold, you are trusting now in Egypt, that broken reed of ^da staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt

1 Woe to ^ethose who go down to Egypt for help
and rely on horses,
who ^ftrust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but ^gdo not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the Lord!

Isaiah 31:3

3 The Egyptians are man, and not God,
and their horses ^hare flesh, and not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out his hand,
the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall,
and they will all perish together.

Isaiah 36:6

6 ⁱBehold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Isaiah 36:9

9 How then can you repulse ^ja single captain among the least of my master’s servants, when ^kyou trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Jeremiah 37:7

7 “Thus says the Lord, God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah who ^lsent you to me to inquire of me, ‘Behold, ^mPharaoh’s army that came to help you is about to ⁿreturn to Egypt, to its own land.

Jeremiah 42:14-18

14 and saying, ‘No, ^owe will go to the land of Egypt, where we shall not see war or ^phear the sound of the trumpet or ^qbe hungry for bread, and we will dwell there,’ 15 then hear the word of the Lord, O remnant of Judah. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^rIf you set your faces to enter Egypt ^sand go to live there, 16 then the sword ^tthat you fear shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine of which you are afraid shall follow close after you to Egypt, ^uand there you shall die. 17 All the men who set their faces to go to Egypt to live there shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. They shall have ^vno remnant or survivor from the disaster that I will bring upon them.

18 “For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^wAs my anger and my wrath were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. ^xYou shall become an execration, a horror, a curse, and a taunt. You shall see this place no more.

Ezekiel 17:15

15 ^yBut he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors ^zto Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. ^aaWill he thrive? Can one escape who does such things? Can he ^abbreak the covenant and yet escape?

Ezekiel 17:17

17 ^acPharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in war, ^adwhen mounds are cast up and siege walls built to cut off many lives.