Quotes about Dependency
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
- Isaiah 31:1
We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
- Lamentations 5:4
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
- Lamentations 5:6
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
- Matthew 6:8
Do not carry any gold or silver or copper in your belts.
- Matthew 10:9
“Take nothing for the journey,” He told them, “no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no second tunic.
- Luke 9:3
Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.
- Luke 22:35
Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
- John 15:4
I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
- John 15:5
do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
- Romans 11:18
For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.
- 1 Corinthians 11:12
In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
- 2 Corinthians 12:13