Proverbs 21:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.”
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BSBPD
“Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“A high look, and a proud heart, Eventhe lamp of the wicked, is sin.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of heart, Tillage of the wicked <FI>is<Fi> sin.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 21:4 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 18:5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
- Job 18:6The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
- Psalms 10:4In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
- Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
- Psalms 131:1My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
- Proverbs 6:16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
- Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
- Proverbs 8:13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
- Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
- Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!
- Proverbs 30:13There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
- 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.
- 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,
- 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 10:12So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.”
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