4An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.


In Context

1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turns it wherever he will.

2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD ponders the hearts.

3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Proverbs 21:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:4An high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of the wicked, [is] sin.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:4Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:4Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:4A high look, and a proud heart, Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:4Lofty eyes, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:4An high look, and a proud heart, even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:4A high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:4A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:4Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of heart, Tillage of the wicked is sin.