2 Chronicles 25:19
You're telling yourself how great you are for defeating Edom, boasting about it. But just stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble that will bring you down, and Judah with you?”
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Deuteronomy 8:14then you will become proud, and you will forget the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt, out of the prison-house of slavery.
2 Chronicles 32:25But because he had become proud, Hezekiah did not acknowledge the gift he'd been given. So the Lord's anger fell on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem.
Proverbs 13:10Pride only causes conflict; but those who take advice are wise.
Proverbs 18:6What stupid people say gets them into fights, as if they're asking for a beating.
Proverbs 26:17Interfering in someone else's quarrel is like grabbing a stray dog by the ears.
Jeremiah 9:23This is what the Lord says: The wise shouldn't boast about their wisdom. The strong shouldn't boast about their strength. The rich shouldn't boast about their riches.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 25:18-28
The Death of Amaziah. ( b. c. 825.) 17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face. 18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. 19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites;… Read the whole commentary →