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 you will become arrogant. You'll neglect the LORD your God,

But after he had become strong, in his arrogance he acted corruptly and became unfaithful to the LORD his God, and he dared to enter the LORD's Temple to burn incense on the incense altar.

But Hezekiah's response wasn't commensurate with what had been done for him because he was arrogant in heart, so wrath came upon him, upon Judah, and upon Jerusalem.

Pride precedes destruction; an arrogant spirit appears before a fall.

"Son of Man, turn your attention toward Gog, from the land of Magog, leader of the head of Meshech, and of Tubal. Prophesy this against him:

But when he became arrogant and his spirit hardened, he was removed from his royal throne and his glory was taken away from him.

"Notice their arrogance they have no inward uprightness but the righteous will live by their faith.

But he gives all the more grace. And so he says, "God opposes the arrogant but gives grace to the humble."

Glory of this

Moses told Pharaoh, "You decide when I should plead for you, your servants, and your people to remove the frogs from you and your household. They'll remain only in the Nile River."

This is what the LORD says: "The wise man is not to boast in his wisdom; the strong man is not to boast in his strength; and the rich man is not to boast in his riches.

A brother of humble means should rejoice in his having been exalted,

Why shouldest

But he sent messengers to him, who asked him, "What do we have in common, King of Judah? I am not here today opposing you. I am fighting the dynasty that is fighting me, and God has ordered me to hurry. For your own good, stop interfering with God, who is with me, and he won't destroy you!"

Do not bring a lawsuit against a person for no reason, when he has done you no harm.

The quickly angered man stirs up contention, but anyone who controls his temper calms a dispute.

Starting a quarrel is like spilling water so drop the dispute before it escalates.

Avoiding strife brings a man honor, but every fool is quarrelsome.

don't be in a hurry to argue in court. Otherwise, what will you do later on when your neighbor humiliates you?

Picking up a dog by the ears that's what someone is like who meddles in another's fight.

"Or suppose a king is going to war against another king. He will first sit down and consider whether with 10,000 men he can fight the one coming against him with 20,000 men, won't he?

General references

So Abimelech approached the tower, attacked it, and approached the tower's gate, intending to burn it down.

"Take them alive, whether they've come in peace or not," he ordered.

Don't answer a fool according to his foolishness, or you will be just like him.