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2 Chronicles 25:19

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Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to [thine] hurt, that thou shouldest fall, [even] thou, and Judah with thee?

Thou sayest {H559}, Lo, thou hast smitten {H5221} the Edomites {H123}; and thine heart {H3820} lifteth thee up {H5375} to boast {H3513}: abide {H3427} now at home {H1004}; why shouldest thou meddle {H1624} to thine hurt {H7451}, that thou shouldest fall {H5307}, even thou, and Judah {H3063} with thee?

You say you defeated Edom, which is true; so you're excited and itching for more glory. But now, stay home! Why provoke calamity, to your own ruin, yours and Y'hudah's too?"

You have said, ‘Look, I have defeated Edom,’ and your heart has become proud and boastful. Now stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”

Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and thy heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

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Cross-References

  • 2 Chronicles 26:16 (4 votes)

    ¶ But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to [his] destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:25 (3 votes)

    But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit [done] unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

  • 1 Peter 5:5 (2 votes)

    ¶ Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all [of you] be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

  • Habakkuk 2:4 (2 votes)

    Behold, his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

  • Proverbs 28:25 (2 votes)

    ¶ He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

  • Proverbs 16:18 (2 votes)

    ¶ Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

  • Luke 14:31 (2 votes)

    Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?