Bible Verses About Reed: Figurative, of weakness

For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.

Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.

Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.

As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.