Obadiah 1:3

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”

Cross References

Genesis 36:8

So Esau dwelt in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.

2 Kings 14:7

He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and took Sela by storm, and called it Jokthe-el, which is its name to this day.

2 Chronicles 25:11

But Amaziah took courage, and led out his people, and went to the Valley of Salt and smote ten thousand men of Seir.

2 Chronicles 25:12

The men of Judah captured another ten thousand alive, and took them to the top of a rock and threw them down from the top of the rock; and they were all dashed to pieces.

Job 20:6

Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,

Proverbs 16:18

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

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility goes before honor.

Proverbs 29:23

A man's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.

Isaiah 16:6

We have heard of the pride of Moab, how proud he was; of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence— his boasts are false.

Jeremiah 21:13

“Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, O rock of the plain, says the Lord; you who say, ‘Who shall come down against us, or who shall enter our habitations?’

Jeremiah 37:9

Thus says the Lord, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely stay away from us,” for they will not stay away.

Jeremiah 48:28

“Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, O inhabitants of Moab! Be like the dove that nests in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.

Jeremiah 49:16

The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 49:4

Why do you boast of your valleys, O faithless daughter, who trusted in her treasures, saying, ‘Who will come against me?’

Ezekiel 28:16

In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned; so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and the guardian cherub drove you out from the midst of the stones of fire.

Malachi 1:4

If Edom says, “We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins,” the Lord of hosts says, “They may build, but I will tear down, till they are called the wicked country, the people with whom the Lord is angry for ever.”