2 Chronicles 25:19
Thou thinkest: lo, thou hast smitten Edom, and thine heart lifteth thee vp to bragge: abide now at home: why doest thou prouoke to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, and Iudah with thee?
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Deuteronomy 8:14Then thine heart be lifted vp and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage,
2 Chronicles 32:25But Hezekiah did not render according to the rewarde bestowed vpon him: for his heart was lift vp, and wrath came vpon him, and vpon Iudah and Ierusalem.
Proverbs 13:10Onely by pride doeth man make contention: but with the well aduised is wisdome.
Proverbs 18:6A fooles lips come with strife, and his mouth calleth for stripes.
Proverbs 26:17He that passeth by and medleth with the strife that belongeth not vnto him, is as one that taketh a dog by the eares.
Jeremiah 9:23Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisedome, nor the strong man glorie in his strength, neyther the riche man glorie in his 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 →