10 You have indeed defeated Edom and now you are arrogant.(A) Glory in your victory, but stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?”

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10 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?

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10 You have indeed defeated Edom, and (A)your heart has [a]lifted you up. Glory in that, and stay at home; for why should you meddle with trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 14:10 Made you proud

16 But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride(A) led to his downfall.(B) He was unfaithful(C) to the Lord his God, and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense(D) on the altar of incense.

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16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

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The Penalty for Uzziah’s Pride(A)

16 But (B)when he was strong his heart was (C)lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the Lord his God (D)by entering the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.

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14 then your heart will become proud and you will forget(A) the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

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14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

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14 (A)when your heart [a]is lifted up, and you (B)forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 8:14 becomes proud

25 But Hezekiah’s heart was proud(A) and he did not respond to the kindness shown him; therefore the Lord’s wrath(B) was on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.

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25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

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25 But Hezekiah (A)did not repay according to the favor shown him, for (B)his heart was lifted up; (C)therefore wrath was looming over him and over Judah and Jerusalem.

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It is to one’s honor to avoid strife,
    but every fool(A) is quick to quarrel.(B)

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It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

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(A)It is honorable for a man to stop striving,
Since any fool can start a quarrel.

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18 Pride(A) goes before destruction,
    a haughty spirit(B) before a fall.(C)

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18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

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18 Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before [a]a fall.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:18 stumbling

18 A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,(A)
    but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.(B)

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18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

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18 (A)A wrathful man stirs up strife,
But he who is slow to anger allays contention.

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30 Do not accuse anyone for no reason—
    when they have done you no harm.

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30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

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30 (A)Do not strive with a man without cause,
If he has done you no harm.

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But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:6 Prov. 3:34

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

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But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:

(A)“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”

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