Deuteronomy 2:4

Historical Prologue

³ ‘You’ve been traveling around this hill country long enough; turn north. ⁴ Command the people: You are about to travel through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful. ⁵ Don’t fight with them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even an inch of it, because I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his possession.

Be Careful

Edomites

Esau

Seir

Numbers 20:14-21

Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says, ‘You know all the hardships that have overtaken us.

Exodus 15:15

Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified;
trembling will seize the leaders of Moab;
the inhabitants of Canaan will panic;

Deuteronomy 23:7

Do not despise an Edomite, because he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you were a foreign resident in his land.

Numbers 22:3-4

Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous, and Moab dreaded the Israelites.

Numbers 24:14-18

Now I am going back to my people, but first, let me warn you what these people will do to your people in the future.”

Obadiah 1:10-13

You will be covered with shame
and destroyed forever
because of violence done to your brother Jacob.

Matthew 5:16

In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

Luke 12:15

He then told them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”

Ephesians 5:15

Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk—not as unwise people but as wise—

Philippians 2:15

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world.

Colossians 4:5

Act wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.