Obadiah 1:12

God's Word

Don’t gloat over your relative’s misfortune or be happy when the people of Judah are destroyed. Don’t brag so much when they’re in distress.

Cross References

Job 18:20

People in the west are shocked by what happens to him. People in the east are seized with horror.

Job 31:29

“If I enjoyed the ruin of my enemy or celebrated when harm came to him

Psalm 22:17

I can count all my bones. People stare. They gloat over me.

Psalm 31:18

Let ⌞their⌟ lying lips be speechless, since they speak against righteous people with arrogance and contempt.

Psalm 35:15

Yet, when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me. Unknown attackers tore me apart without stopping.

Psalm 37:13

The Lord laughs at him because he has seen that his time is coming.

Psalm 54:7

Your name rescues me from every trouble. My eyes will gloat over my enemies.

Psalm 59:10

God will come to meet me. He will let me gloat over those who spy on me.

Psalm 92:11

My eyes gloat over those who spy on me. My ears hear ⌞the cries⌟ of evildoers attacking me.

Proverbs 17:5

Whoever makes fun of a poor person insults his maker. Whoever is happy ⌞to see someone’s⌟ distress will not escape punishment.

Isaiah 37:24

Through your servants you defy the Lord and say, “With my many chariots I’ll ride up the high mountains, up the slopes of Lebanon. I’ll cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypresses. I’ll come to its most distant heights and its most fertile forests.

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies gawk at you. They hiss and grit their teeth. They say, ‘We’ve swallowed it up. Yes, this is the day we’ve been waiting for. At last we have seen it!’

Lamentations 4:21

“Rejoice and be glad, people of Edom, inhabitants of the country of Uz. The cup ⌞of the Lord’s fury⌟ will be passed to you next. You’ll get drunk and take off all your clothes.

Ezekiel 35:12

Then you will know that I, the Lord, heard all the insults that you spoke about the mountains of Israel. You said, “They have been deserted and handed over to us to use up.”

Ezekiel 35:15

You were happy when the land of Israel became a wasteland. I will do the same thing to you. You will become a wasteland, Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’ ”

Ezekiel 36:5

In my fiery anger I have spoken against the rest of the nations and against all of Edom. The Edomites have taken possession of my land with wholehearted joy and with complete scorn. They forced out the people and took their land.’

Micah 4:11

But now many nations gather against you. They say, “Let’s dishonor Zion and gloat over it.”

Luke 19:41

When he came closer and saw the city, he began to cry.

James 3:5

In the same way the tongue is a small part of the body, but it can brag about doing important things. A large forest can be set on fire by a little flame.

2 Peter 2:18

They arrogantly use nonsense to seduce people by appealing to their sexual desires, especially to sexual freedom. They seduce people who have just escaped from those who live in error.

Jude 1:16

These people complain, find fault, follow their own desires, say arrogant things, and flatter people in order to take advantage of them.

Revelation 13:5

The beast was allowed to speak arrogant and insulting things. It was given authority to act for 42 months.

1 Samuel 2:3

“Do not boast ⌞or⌟ let arrogance come out of your mouth because the Lord is a God of knowledge, and he weighs ⌞our⌟ actions.