Obadiah 1:6

American Standard Version (1901)

How are [the things of] Esau searched! how are his hidden treasures sought out!

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 49:10 : 10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is destroyed, and his brethren, and his neighbors; and he is not.
  • Jer 50:37 : 37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed.
  • Dan 2:22 : 22 he revealeth the deep and secret things; he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
  • Matt 6:19-20 : 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
  • Ps 139:1 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me] .
  • Isa 10:13-14 : 13 For he hath said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have brought down them that sit [on thrones] : 14 and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathereth eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped.
  • Isa 45:3 : 3 and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that it is I, Jehovah, who call thee by thy name, even the God of Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 49:8-10
    3 verses
    81%

    8Flee ye, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I shall visit him.

    9If grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough?

    10But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is destroyed, and his brethren, and his neighbors; and he is not.

  • Obad 1:7-11
    5 verses
    80%

    7All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee on thy way, even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; [they that eat] thy bread lay a snare under thee: there is no understanding in him.

    8Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

    9And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.

    10For the violence done to thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

    11In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

  • Obad 1:5
    79%

    5If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night (how art thou cut off!), would they not steal [only] till they had enough? if grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?

  • Heb 12:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16lest [there be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.

    17For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind [in his father], though he sought it diligently with tears.

  • Obad 1:18
    72%

    18And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall burn among them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining to the house of Esau; for Jehovah hath spoken it.

  • Gen 27:41-42
    2 verses
    72%

    41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

    42And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah; and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, [purposing] to kill thee.

  • Gen 27:30
    72%

    30And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

  • Gen 27:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35And he said, Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.

    36And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

  • Ps 64:6
    72%

    6They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, [say they], a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.

  • Mal 1:3
    71%

    3but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.

  • Mic 6:10
    71%

    10Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?

  • Isa 29:15
    70%

    15Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

  • Gen 27:33
    70%

    33And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, [and] he shall be blessed.

  • Gen 31:37
    70%

    37Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.

  • Gen 32:8
    70%

    8and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.

  • Job 10:6
    70%

    6That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin,

  • Gen 36:1
    70%

    1Now these are the generations of Esau (the same is Edom).

  • Gen 27:20
    70%

    20And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah thy God sent me good speed.

  • Gen 27:22
    70%

    22And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.