Cross references

Obadiah 1:12

But you should not gloat in that day,

your brother’s day of misfortune,

nor rejoice over the people of Judah

in the day of their destruction,

nor boast proudly

in the day of their distress.

Obadiah 1:12 BSB
  1. a Hebrew nor enlarge your mouth

Obadiah 1:12 has 22 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 17:5 (8 votes) and Ezekiel 35:15 (7 votes). 48 other verses point back to it. It links with 23 other books, from Genesis 9 to Revelation 13.

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Which verses does Obadiah 1:12 point to?

The 20 strongest of 22, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.

  2. As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

  3. Micah 4:117 votes

    But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

  4. Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.

  5. Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles, or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.

  6. and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!” In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying, …

  7. For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt, therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’

  8. Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light. Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness. …

  9. With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

  10. Job 31:293 votes

    If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—

  11. I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.

  12. Jude 1:163 votes
  13. Psalm 54:72 votes
  14. Luke 19:412 votes

Which verses point to Obadiah 1:12?

The 10 strongest of 48.