Indeed, the light of the wrong goes out, and the flame of his fire does not shine.
Proverbs 21:4 - The Scriptures 2009 A haughty look, a proud heart, The lamp of the wrong, are sin. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 An high look, and a proud heart, And the plowing of the wicked, is sin. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Haughtiness of eyes and a proud heart, even the tillage of the wicked or the lamp [of joy] to them [whatever it may be], are sin [in the eyes of God]. American Standard Version (1901) A high look, and a proud heart, Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin. Common English Bible Prideful eyes, an arrogant heart, and the lamp of the wicked are all sinful. Catholic Public Domain Version To lift up the eyes is to enlarge the heart. The lamp of the impious is sin. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin. |
Indeed, the light of the wrong goes out, and the flame of his fire does not shine.
The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp beside him is put out.
In the pride of his face The wrongdoer does not seek Him, In all his thoughts there is no Elohim!
Him who secretly slanders his neighbour I cut off; I do not tolerate one Who has a haughty look and a proud heart.
O יהוה, my heart has not been proud, Nor have my eyes been haughty. Neither have I concerned myself with great matters, Nor with those too wondrous for me.
The slaughtering of the wrong ones Is an abomination to יהוה, But the prayer of the straight is His delight.
The slaughtering of the wrong is an abomination; How much more when he brings it with wickedness!
For there is no future for the evil-doer; The lamp of the wrongdoers is put out.
There is a generation; Oh, how haughty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.
“The fear of יהוה is to hate evil. I have hated pride and arrogance, And the evil way, And the perverse mouth.
“And it shall be, when יהוה has performed all His work on Mount Tsiyon and on Yerushalayim, that I shall punish the fruit of the greatness of the heart of the sovereign of Ashshur, and the boasting of his haughty looks.
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, the pride of men shall be bowed down, and יהוה alone shall be exalted in that day.
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the pride of men shall be brought low. And יהוה alone shall be exalted in that day,
And יהוה says, “Because the daughters of Tsiyon are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and seductive eyes, walking and mincing as they go, making a jingling with their feet,
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, all your body also is enlightened. But when your eye is evil, your body also is darkened.
“I say to you, this man went down to his house declared right, rather than the other. For everyone who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.”
But he who doubts, if he eats, is condemned, because it is not of belief, and all that is not of belief is sin.
In the same way, you younger ones, be subject to elders. And gird yourselves with humility toward one another, for “Elohim resists the proud, but gives favour to the humble.”