Straw - Grasping at Straws

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Straw - Grasping at Straws

Postby dreams » Fri Nov 14, 2003 1:20 am

Meaning: Seeking help in vain when being washed down river.

Biblical Meaning: Something weak, uncertain, unstable.

2 Kings 18:21
Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

Luke 7:24
And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

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