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


In Context

1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord ; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases.

2 All a man's ways seem right to him, but the Lord weighs the heart.

3 To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

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

5 The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

6 A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.

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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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