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2 Kings 14:10
It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted; let that glory be enough for you, and keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

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Genesis 11:4
And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 8:13
And when your herds and your flocks are increased, and your stores of silver and gold, and you have wealth of every sort;

Deuteronomy 17:20
So that his heart may not be lifted up over his countrymen, and he may not be turned away from the orders, to one side or the other: but that his life and the lives of his children may be long in his kingdom in Israel.

2 Samuel 15:1
Now after this, Absalom got for himself a carriage and horses, and fifty runners to go before him.

2 Samuel 15:2
And Absalom got up early, morning after morning, and took his place at the side of the public meeting-place: and when any man had a cause which had to come to the king to be judged, then Absalom, crying out to him, said, What is your town? and he would say, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

2 Samuel 15:4
And more than this, Absalom said, If only I was made judge in the land, so that every man who has any cause or question might come to me, and I would give a right decision for him!

1 Kings 1:5
Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, lifting himself up in pride, said, I will become king; and he made ready his carriages of war and his horsemen, with fifty runners to go before him.

Psalms 49:11
The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.

Isaiah 14:13
For you said in your heart, I will go up to heaven, I will make my seat higher than the stars of God; I will take my place on the mountain of the meeting-place of the gods, in the inmost parts of the north.

Isaiah 22:16
Who are you, and by what right have you made for yourself a resting-place here?

Daniel 5:22
And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge of all this;

Matthew 20:21
And he said to her, What is your desire? She says to him, Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.

Luke 11:43
A curse is on you, Pharisees! for your desires are for the most important seats in the Synagogues and for words of respect said to you in the market-place.

John 5:44
How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?

2 Thessalonians 2:4
Who puts himself against all authority, lifting himself up over all which is named God or is given worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, putting himself forward as God.

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Judges 12:1
Now the men of Ephraim came together and took up arms and went over to Zaphon; and they said to Jephthah, Why did you go over to make war against the children of Ammon without sending for us to go with you? Now we will put your house on fire over you.

Judges 12:2
And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were in danger, and the children of Ammon were very cruel to us, and when I sent for you, you gave me no help against them.

Judges 12:3
So when I saw that there was no help to be had from you, I put my life in my hand and went over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord gave them into my hands: why then have you come up to me this day to make war on me?

Judges 12:4
Then Jephthah got together all the men of Gilead and made war on Ephraim; and the men of Gilead overcame Ephraim.

Judges 12:5
And the Gileadites took the crossing-places of Jordan against the Ephraimites; and when any of the men of Ephraim who had gone in flight said, let me go over; the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? And if he said, No;

Judges 12:6
Then they said to him, Now say Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth, and was not able to say it in the right way; then they took him and put him to death at the crossing-places of Jordan; and at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites were put to death.

1 Kings 12:16
And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? to your tents, O Israel; now see to your people, David. So Israel went away to their tents.

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1 Samuel 14:47
Now when Saul had taken his place as ruler of Israel, he made war on those who were against him on every side, Moab and the Ammonites and Edom and the kings of Zobah and the Philistines: and whichever way he went, he overcame them.

1 Kings 11:16
(For Joab and all Israel were there six months till every male in Edom had been cut off;)

2 Kings 14:22
He was the builder of Elath, which he got back for Judah after the death of the king.

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2 Samuel 2:26
Then crying out to Joab, Abner said, Are fighting and destruction to go on for ever? do you not see that the end will only be bitter? how long will it be before you send the people back and make them give up attacking their countrymen?

2 Chronicles 25:17
Then Amaziah, king of Judah, acting on the suggestion of his servants, sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us have a meeting face to face.

2 Chronicles 35:21
But he sent representatives to him, saying, What have I to do with you, O king of Judah? I have not come against you this day, but against those with whom I am at war; and God has given me orders to go forward quickly: keep out of God's way, for he is with me, or he will send destruction on you.

Proverbs 25:8
Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

Proverbs 26:17
He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.

Luke 14:31
Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

Luke 14:32
Or while the other is still a great distance away, he sends representatives requesting conditions of peace.

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2 Kings 14:15
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash, and his power, and how he went to war with Amaziah, king of Judah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

2 Kings 14:16
And Jehoash went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son became king in his place.

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1 Samuel 2:3
Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.

1 Kings 20:18
And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, take them living.

Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

Ezekiel 28:5
By your great wisdom and by your trade your power is increased, and your heart is lifted up because of your power:

James 4:6
But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.

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Jeremiah 9:23
This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:

Jeremiah 9:24
But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord.

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