2 Kings 14:10

WEB

¹⁰You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm, that you fall, even you, and Judah with you?”

KJV

¹⁰Thou 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?

BSB

¹⁰You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”

FBV

¹⁰You may indeed have defeated Edom. Now you've become arrogant. Stay home and enjoy your victory! Why provoke trouble that will bring you down, and Judah with you?”

Extra References

Deuteronomy 8:14

¹⁴then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

2 Chronicles 26:16

¹⁶But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly and he trespassed against the LORD his God, for he went into the LORD’s temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.

2 Chronicles 32:25

²⁵But Hezekiah didn’t reciprocate appropriate to the benefit done for him, because his heart was lifted up. Therefore there was wrath on him, Judah, and Jerusalem.

Proverbs 20:3

³It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

Proverbs 15:18

¹⁸A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

Proverbs 16:18

¹⁸Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 3:30

³⁰Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

James 4:6

⁶But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Jeremiah 9:23-24

²³The LORD says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches. ²⁴But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for I delight in these things,” says the LORD.

James 1:9

⁹Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;