Obadiah 1:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Your pride has fooled you. You live in those caves high on the cliff. Your home is high in the hills. So you say to yourself, ‘No one can bring me to the ground.’”

Cross References

Jeremiah 49:16

Edom, you made other nations afraid, so you thought you were important. But your pride has fooled you. You live in caves, high on the cliff. Your home is high in the hills. But even if you build your home as high as an eagle’s nest, I will bring you down from there.” This is what the Lord said.

Proverbs 29:23

Your pride can bring you down. Humility will bring you honor.

Isaiah 16:6

We have heard that the people of Moab are very proud and conceited. They are hot-tempered braggers, but their boasts are only empty words.

2 Kings 14:7

Amaziah killed 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. In war, Amaziah took Sela and called it “Joktheel.” It is still called “Joktheel” today.

Malachi 1:4

The people of Edom might say, “We were destroyed, but we will go back and rebuild our cities.” But the Lord All-Powerful says, “If they rebuild their cities, I will destroy them again.” That is why people say Edom is an evil country—a nation the Lord hates forever.

Jeremiah 49:4

You brag about your strength, but you are losing your strength. You trust in your wealth to save you. You think no one would even think of attacking you.”

Proverbs 18:12

A proud person will soon be ruined, but a humble person will be honored.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride is the first step toward destruction. Proud thoughts will lead you to defeat.

2 Chronicles 25:12

They also captured 10,000 men from Seir and took them to the top of a cliff. Then the army of Judah threw them from the top of the cliff while they were still alive and their bodies were broken on the rocks below.

2 Chronicles 25:11

Then Amaziah became very brave and led his army to the Salt Valley in the country of Edom. There his army killed 10,000 men from Seir.

Job 20:6

Maybe an evil man’s pride will reach up to the sky, and his head will touch the clouds.

Jeremiah 21:13

“Jerusalem, I am against you. You sit on top of the mountain. You sit like a queen over this valley. You people of Jerusalem say, ‘No one can attack us. No one can come into our strong city.’” This message is from the Lord.

Jeremiah 37:9

This is what the Lord says: ‘People of Jerusalem, don’t fool yourselves. Don’t say to yourselves, “The army of Babylon will surely leave us alone.” They will not.

Jeremiah 48:28

People in Moab, leave your towns. Go live among the rocks; be like a dove that makes its nest at the opening of a cave.”

Ezekiel 28:16

Your business brought you many riches. But they also put cruelty inside you, and you sinned. So I treated you like something unclean and threw you off the mountain of God. You were one of the chosen Cherubs who spread your wings over my throne. But I forced you to leave the jewels that sparkled like fire.