Obadiah 1:14

God's Word

Don’t stand at the crossroads to kill their refugees. Don’t hand over their survivors when they’re in distress.

Cross References

Genesis 35:3

Then let’s go to Bethel. I will make an altar there to God, who answered me when I was troubled and who has been with me wherever I’ve gone.”

Psalm 31:8

You have not handed me over to the enemy. You have set my feet in a place where I can move freely.

Isaiah 16:3

Give us advice. Make a decision. At high noon make your shadow as dark as night. Hide the fugitives. Don’t betray the refugees.

Isaiah 16:4

Let the fugitives from Moab stay with you a while. Be their refuge from the destroyer. Ruthless people will come to an end. The destruction will end. The one who tramples others will be gone.

Isaiah 37:3

They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day filled with misery, punishment, and disgrace. We are like a woman who is about to give birth but doesn’t have the strength to do it.

Jeremiah 30:7

How terrible that day will be! There will be no other day like it. It will be a time of calamity for the descendants of Jacob, but they will be rescued from it.

Amos 1:6

This is what the Lord says: Because Gaza has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime, I will not change my plans. The Philistines have taken all the people captive in order to hand them over to the Edomites.

Amos 1:9

This is what the Lord says: Because Tyre has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime, I will not change my plans. The Tyrians have handed all the people over to the Edomites. The Tyrians didn’t remember their treaty with their relatives.

Obadiah 1:12

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.

Matthew 22:9

Go where the roads leave the city. Invite everyone you find to the wedding.’