Deuteronomy 17:16
"But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way."
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- Isaiah 31:1
"Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!"
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 17:15
"But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?"
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 28:68
"And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 20:7
"Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God."
Read in chapter → - Hosea 11:5
"He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 4:26
"And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen."
Read in chapter → - Exodus 13:17
"And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:"
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 10:26
"And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem."
Read in chapter → - Numbers 14:3
"And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?"
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 42:14
"Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:"
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