Reed of Weakness
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1 Kings 14:15
For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
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2 Kings 18:21
Now, behold, you trust on the staff of this bruised reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him.
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Isaiah 36:6
See, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; where on if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
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Isaiah 42:3
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment to truth.
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Ezekiel 29:6
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
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Matthew 11:7
And as they departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, What went you out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
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Matthew 12:20
A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment to victory.
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Christ the Arrester of Incipient Evil and the Nourisher of ...
... Out of your weakness, as of 'a reed shaken with the wind,' the Restorer
will make a pillar of marble in the Temple of His God. And ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/christ the arrester of incipient.htm

True Greatness
... not let us be cast down, but believe that a merciful allowance is made for human
weakness. ... to a palace, if you had wanted to see that, not to the reed-beds of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/true greatness.htm

Jesus Heals Multitudes Beside the Sea of Galilee.
... healing of the multitudes which followed him as aptly fulfilled the prediction about
the reed and the flax, for these two words, symbolic of weakness (Isaiah 36 ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xl jesus heals multitudes beside.htm

The Philosophers
... A thinking reed."It is not from space that I must seek my dignity, but ... my thought,
it sometimes escapes me; but this makes me remember my weakness, that I ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pascal/pensees/section vi the philosophers.htm

Matt. xii. 9, 10
... And intimating both His might, and their weakness, he saith, "A bruised reed shall
He not break." For indeed it was easy to break them all to pieces like a reed ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xl matt xii 9.htm

Strength in the Weak.
... the things that remain seem "ready to die." But thy Saviour-God will not give thee
"over unto death." The reed is bruised ... Go, mourn thy weakness and unbelief. ...
/.../macduff/the faithful promiser/17th day strength in the.htm

God with Us, and we with God
... When we think of our inner weakness, when we remember the fluctuations of our feelings ...
force of the wind in a cyclone, that our poor, feeble reed shall stand ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/god with us and we.htm

The Widow's Prayer.
... thee Thou never wilt forsake; And though a bruised reed I be, That reed thou wilt ...
5 To give my weakness strength, O God, Thy staff shall yet avail; And though ...
/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/971 the widows prayer.htm

Demas
... and hence he acted the part of a weakling; he bent as a reed, when he ... women, who
rather than deny their Lord faced the "violence of fire!" Weakness in certain ...
//christianbookshelf.org/milligan/men of the bible some lesser-known/demas.htm

Sweet Comfort for Feeble Saints
... to be a burden; you feel full of weakness and decay; your frame can hardly hold
together. Ah! you have here a special promise. "The bruised reed I will not ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/sweet comfort for feeble saints.htm

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