Proverbs 21:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the lamp of the wicked—are sin.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ 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)

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

Common English Bible

⁴ Prideful eyes, an arrogant heart, and the lamp of the wicked are all sinful.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ 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

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

Proverbs 21:4 Cross References

Job 18:5

“Surely the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of their fire does not shine.

Job 18:6

The light is dark in their tent, and the lamp above them is put out.

Psalm 10:4

In the pride of their countenance the wicked say, “God will not seek it out”; all their thoughts are, “There is no God.”

Psalm 101:5

One who secretly slanders a neighbor I will destroy. A haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not tolerate.

Psalm 131:1

O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when brought with evil intent.

Proverbs 24:20

for the evil have no future; the lamp of the wicked will go out.

Proverbs 30:13

There are those—how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!—

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him:

Proverbs 6:17

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

Isaiah 10:12

When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the arrogant boasting of the king of Assyria and his haughty pride.

Isaiah 2:11

The haughty eyes of people shall be brought low, and the pride of everyone shall be humbled, and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

Isaiah 2:17

The haughtiness of people shall be humbled, and the pride of everyone shall be brought low, and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

Isaiah 3:16

The Lord said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with their eyes, mincing along as they go, tinkling with their feet;

Luke 11:34

Your eye is the lamp of your body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but if it is unhealthy, your body is full of darkness.

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other, for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Romans 14:23

But those who have doubts are condemned if they eat because they do not act from faith, for whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you who are younger must be subject to the elders. And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”