Proverbs 21:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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

Job 18:6

The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out.

Psalm 10:4

In the pride of his countenance the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

Psalm 101:5

Him who slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. The man of haughty looks and arrogant heart I will not endure.

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 he brings it with evil intent.

Proverbs 24:20

for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Proverbs 30:13

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

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things which the Lord hates, seven which 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 looks of man shall be brought low, and the pride of men shall be humbled; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 2:17

And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled, and the pride of men shall be brought low; and the Lord alone will be exalted in 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; when your eye is sound, your whole body is full of light; but when it is not sound, your body is full of darkness.

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Romans 14:23

But he who has doubts is condemned, if he eats, because he does not act from faith; for whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise you that are younger be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”