Proverbs 21:4

Catholic Public Domain Version

To lift up the eyes is to enlarge the heart. The lamp of the impious is sin.

Cross References

Job 18:5

Will not the light of the impious be put out, and the flame of his fire refuse to shine?

Job 18:6

Light will become darkness in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him will be extinguished.

Psalm 10:4

For they have destroyed the things that you have completed. But what has the just one done?

Psalm 101:5

I have been cut down like hay, and my heart has withered, for I had forgotten to eat my bread.

Psalm 131:1

A Canticle in steps. O Lord, remember David and all his meekness,

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifices of the impious are abominable to the Lord. The vows of the just are appeasing.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifices of the impious are abominable, because they are offered out of wickedness.

Proverbs 24:20

For the evil hold no hope in the future, and the lamp of the impious will be extinguished.

Proverbs 30:13

There is a generation, whose eyes have been elevated, and their eyelids are lifted on high.

Proverbs 6:16

Six things there are that the Lord hates, and the seventh, his soul detests:

Proverbs 6:17

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

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord hates evil. I detest arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.

Isaiah 10:12

And this shall be: when the Lord will have completed each of his works on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will act against the fruit of the exalted heart of king Assur, and against the glory of the haughtiness of his eyes.

Isaiah 2:11

The lofty eyes of man have been humbled, and the haughtiness of men will be bowed down. Then the Lord alone shall be exalted, in that day.

Isaiah 2:17

And the loftiness of men will be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men will be brought low. And the Lord alone shall be exalted, in that day.

Isaiah 3:16

And the Lord said: Because the daughters of Zion have been lifted up, and have walked with extended necks and winking eyes, because they have continued on, walking noisily and advancing with a pretentious stride,

Luke 11:34

Your eye is the light of your body. If your eye is wholesome, your entire body will be filled with light. But if it is wicked, then even your body will be darkened.

Luke 18:14

I say to you, this one descended to his house justified, but not the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled; and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."

Romans 14:23

But he who discerns, if he eats, is condemned, because it is not of faith. For all that is not of faith is sin.

1 Peter 5:5

Similarly, young persons, be subject to the elders. And infuse all humility among one another, for God resists the arrogant, but to the humble he gives grace.