Proverbs 21:4

In 11 translations

BSB

Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.

KJV

An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.An…: Heb. Haughtiness of eyesthe plowing: or, the light

WEB

A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

ASV

A high look, and a proud heart, Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

LSV

Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of heart, || Tillage of the wicked [is] sin.

YLT

Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of heart, Tillage of the wicked [is] sin.

DBY

Lofty eyes, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

DRC

Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin.

GNV

A hautie looke, and a proude heart, which is the light of the wicked, is sinne.

JPS

A haughty look, and a proud heart — the tillage of the wicked is sin.

LXXE

A high-minded man is stout-hearted in his pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin.

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Original-language editions

WLC

רוּם־עֵ֭ינַיִם וּרְחַב־לֵ֑ב נִ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים חַטָּֽאת׃

LXX-Br

Μεγαλόφρων ἐν ὕβρει θρασυκάρδιος, λαμπτὴρ δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἁμαρτία.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
• 1 Peter 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
• Isaiah 2:17So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
• Proverbs 8:13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
• Luke 18:14I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
• Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!
• Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Romans 14:23But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.
• Psalms 10:4In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
• Isaiah 3:16The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
• Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
• Proverbs 30:13There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—

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