Verse 10

It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted; let that glory be enough for you, and keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 8:14 : 14 Take care that your hearts are not lifted up in pride, giving no thought to the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house;
  • 2 Chr 26:16 : 16 But when he had become strong, his heart was lifted up in pride, causing his destruction; and he did evil against the Lord his God; for he went into the Temple of the Lord for the purpose of burning perfumes on the altar of perfumes.
  • 2 Chr 32:25 : 25 But Hezekiah did not do as had been done to him; for his heart was lifted up in pride; and so wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.
  • Prov 3:30 : 30 Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.
  • Prov 16:18 : 18 Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.
  • Prov 20:3 : 3 It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.
  • Prov 25:8 : 8 Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?
  • Prov 26:17 : 17 He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.
  • Jer 9:23-24 : 23 This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth: 24 But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord.
  • Ezek 38:2 : 2 Son of man, let your face be turned against Gog, of the land of Magog, the ruler of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and be a prophet against him,
  • Ezek 38:5 : 5 Persia, Cush, and Put with them; all of them with body-cover and metal head-dress:
  • Ezek 38:17 : 17 This is what the Lord has said: You are he of whom I gave them word in earlier times by my servants, the prophets of Israel, who in those days went on saying, year after year, that I would make you come up against them.
  • Dan 5:20-23 : 20 But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became hard with pride, he was put down from his place as king, and they took his glory from him: 21 And he was sent out from among the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts', and he was living with the asses of the fields; he had grass for his food like the oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he was certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives power over it to anyone at his pleasure. 22 And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge of all this; 23 But you have been lifting yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and they have put the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your women, have taken wine in them; and you have given praise to gods of silver and gold, of brass and iron and wood and stone, who are without the power of seeing or hearing, and without knowledge: and to the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not given glory;
  • Hab 2:4 : 4 As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.
  • Luke 14:31-32 : 31 Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 Or while the other is still a great distance away, he sends representatives requesting conditions of peace.
  • Jas 1:9 : 9 But let the brother of low position be glad that he is lifted up;
  • Jas 4:6 : 6 But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.
  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
  • 2 Chr 35:21 : 21 But he sent representatives to him, saying, What have I to do with you, O king of Judah? I have not come against you this day, but against those with whom I am at war; and God has given me orders to go forward quickly: keep out of God's way, for he is with me, or he will send destruction on you.
  • 2 Kgs 14:7 : 7 He put to the sword twelve thousand men of Edom in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela in war, naming it Joktheel, as it is to this day.
  • Exod 8:9 : 9 And Moses said, I will let you have the honour of saying when I am to make prayer for you and your servants and your people, that the frogs may be sent away from you and your houses, and be only in the Nile.