2 Kings 14:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

Thine heart

Glory of this

Exodus 8:9

Jeremiah 9:23

James 1:9

Why shouldest

General references

Judges 9:52

1 Kings 20:18

Proverbs 26:4

Bible References

Thine heart

then your heart {becomes proud} and you forget Yahweh your God, {the one who brought you out} from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery,

But on account of his strength his heart grew proud unto destruction. And he acted unfaithfully against Yahweh his God and went into the temple of Yahweh to offer an incense offering on the altar.

But Hezekiah did not reciprocate according to the benefit [placed] upon him, because his heart became proud. So wrath was upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

Before destruction [comes] pride, and before a fall, a haughty spirit.

"Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the head leader of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him.

But {when} his heart became arrogant and his spirit became hard [so as] to act proudly, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom and the glory {was taken away from him}.

Look! His spirit within him is puffed up; it is not upright. But the righteous shall live by his faithfulness.

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

Glory of this

And Moses said to Pharaoh, "{I leave to you the honor} over me. When shall I pray for you and for your servants and for your people to cut off the frogs from you and from your houses? They will be left only in the Nile."

Thus says Yahweh, "[The] wise man must not boast in his wisdom, and the warrior must not boast in his might, [the] wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.

Now let the brother of humble circumstances boast in his high position,

Why shouldest

And he sent messengers to him, saying, "{What is there between us}, O king of Judah? [I am] not against you yourself this day, but against the house making war against me. And God has commanded me to make haste. Stop [opposing] God, who [is] with me that he will not destroy you."

Do not quarrel with anyone without cause, when he did not do you harm.

A man who is hot-tempered will stir up strife, but he who is slow [to] {anger}, he will calm contention.

[Like] the release of water [is] the beginning of strife; before it breaks out, stop the quarrel.

[It is] honorable for the man to refrain from strife, but every fool will be quick to quarrel.

do not hastily bring out to court, for what will you do at its end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Grabbing onto the ears of a dog passing by [is] one who meddles in a quarrel [that is] not his own.

Or what king, going out to engage another king in battle, does not sit down first [and] deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand.

General references

Abimelech came up to the tower and fought against it, and he came near the entrance of the tower to burn it with fire.

Then he said, "If they have come out for peace, seize them alive; and if they have come out for war, seize them alive."

Do not answer a fool according to his folly lest you become like him--even you.