Obadiah 1:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

You have been tricked by the pride of your heart, O you whose living-place is in the cracks of the rock, whose house is high up; who has said in his heart, Who will make me come down to earth?

Cross References

Genesis 36:8

So Esau made his living-place in the hill-country of Seir Esau is Edom.

2 Kings 14:7

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.

2 Chronicles 25:11

Then Amaziah took heart, and went out at the head of his people and came to the Valley of Salt, where he put to death ten thousand of the children of Seir;

2 Chronicles 25:12

And ten thousand more the children of Israel took living, and made them go up to the top of the rock, pushing them down from the top of the rock so that their bodies were broken by the fall.

Job 20:6

Though he is lifted up to the heavens, and his head goes up to the clouds;

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

Proverbs 29:23

A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

Isaiah 16:6

We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride and passion: his high words about himself are false.

Jeremiah 21:13

See, I am against you, you who are living on the rock of the valley, says the Lord; you who say, Who will come down against us? or who will get into our houses?

Jeremiah 37:9

The Lord has said, Have no false hopes, saying to yourselves, The Chaldaeans will go away from us: for they will not go away.

Jeremiah 48:28

O people of Moab, go away from the towns and take cover in the rock; be like the dove of the Arabah, which makes her living-place in holes.

Jeremiah 49:16

(UNTRANSLATED TEXT) the pride of your heart has been a false hope, O you who are living in the cracks of the rock, keeping your place on the top of the hill: even if you made your living-place as high as the eagle, I would make you come down, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 49:4

Why are you lifted up in pride on account of your valleys, your flowing valley, O daughter ever turning away? who puts her faith in her wealth, saying, Who will come against me?

Ezekiel 28:16

Through all your trading you have become full of violent ways, and have done evil: so I sent you out shamed from the mountain of God; the winged one put an end to you from among the stones of fire.

Malachi 1:4

Though Edom says, We are crushed down but we will come back, building up the waste places; this is what the Lord of armies has said: They may put up buildings, but I will have them pulled down; and they will be named The land of evil-doing, and The people against whom the Lord keeps his wrath for ever.