Obadiah 1:12

New Living Translation

“You should not have gloated when they exiled your relatives to distant lands. You should not have rejoiced when the people of Judah suffered such misfortune. You should not have spoken arrogantly in that terrible time of trouble.

Cross References

Job 18:20

People in the west are appalled at their fate; people in the east are horrified.

Job 31:29

“Have I ever rejoiced when disaster struck my enemies, or become excited when harm came their way?

Psalm 22:17

I can count all my bones. My enemies stare at me and gloat.

Psalm 31:18

Silence their lying lips— those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly.

Psalm 35:15

But they are glad now that I am in trouble; they gleefully join together against me. I am attacked by people I don’t even know; they slander me constantly.

Psalm 37:13

But the Lord just laughs, for he sees their day of judgment coming.

Psalm 54:7

For you have rescued me from my troubles and helped me to triumph over my enemies.

Psalm 59:10

In his unfailing love, my God will stand with me. He will let me look down in triumph on all my enemies.

Psalm 92:11

My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies; my ears have heard the defeat of my wicked opponents.

Proverbs 17:5

Those who mock the poor insult their Maker; those who rejoice at the misfortune of others will be punished.

Isaiah 37:24

By your messengers you have defied the Lord. You have said, ‘With my many chariots I have conquered the highest mountains— yes, the remotest peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypress trees. I have reached its farthest heights and explored its deepest forests.

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies mock you. They scoff and snarl and say, “We have destroyed her at last! We have long waited for this day, and it is finally here!”

Lamentations 4:21

Are you rejoicing in the land of Uz, O people of Edom? But you, too, must drink from the cup of the Lord’s anger. You, too, will be stripped naked in your drunkenness.

Ezekiel 35:12

Then you will know that I, the Lord, have heard every contemptuous word you spoke against the mountains of Israel. For you said, ‘They are desolate; they have been given to us as food to eat!’

Ezekiel 35:15

You rejoiced at the desolation of Israel’s territory. Now I will rejoice at yours! You will be wiped out, you people of Mount Seir and all who live in Edom! Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 36:5

This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My jealous anger burns against these nations, especially Edom, because they have shown utter contempt for me by gleefully taking my land for themselves as plunder.

Micah 4:11

Now many nations have gathered against you. “Let her be desecrated,” they say. “Let us see the destruction of Jerusalem.”

Luke 19:41

But as he came closer to Jerusalem and saw the city ahead, he began to weep.

James 3:5

In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire.

2 Peter 2:18

They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With an appeal to twisted sexual desires, they lure back into sin those who have barely escaped from a lifestyle of deception.

Jude 1:16

These people are grumblers and complainers, living only to satisfy their desires. They brag loudly about themselves, and they flatter others to get what they want.

Revelation 13:5

Then the beast was allowed to speak great blasphemies against God. And he was given authority to do whatever he wanted for forty-two months.

1 Samuel 2:3

“Stop acting so proud and haughty! Don’t speak with such arrogance! For the Lord is a God who knows what you have done; he will judge your actions.