Proverbs 21:4

Contemporary English Version 1995

Evil people are proud and arrogant, but sin is the only crop they produce.

Cross References

1 Peter 5:5

All of you young people should obey your elders. In fact, everyone should be humble toward everyone else. The Scriptures say, “God opposes proud people, but he helps everyone who is humble.”

Proverbs 6:17

Those who are too proud or tell lies or murder,

Isaiah 2:17

When that day comes, everyone who is proud will be put down. Only the Lord will be honored.

Proverbs 8:13

If you respect the Lord, you will hate evil. I hate pride and conceit and deceitful lies.

Romans 14:23

But if you do have doubts about what you eat, you are going against your beliefs. And you know that is wrong, because anything you do against your beliefs is sin.

Luke 18:14

Then Jesus said, “When the two men went home, it was the tax collector and not the Pharisee who was pleasing to God. If you put yourself above others, you will be put down. But if you humble yourself, you will be honored.”

Isaiah 3:16

The Lord says: The women of Jerusalem are proud and strut around, winking shamelessly. They wear anklets that jingle and call attention to the way they walk.

Proverbs 21:27

The Lord despises the offerings of wicked people with evil motives.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord is disgusted by gifts from the wicked, but it makes him happy when his people pray.

Psalm 10:4

The wicked are too proud to turn to you or even think about you.

Isaiah 2:11

When the Lord comes, everyone who is proud will be made humble, and the Lord alone will be honored.

Proverbs 30:13

Some people are stuck-up and act like snobs;

Luke 11:34

Your eyes are the lamp for your body. When your eyes are good, you have all the light you need. But when your eyes are bad, everything is dark.

Proverbs 24:20

They will soon be gone like the flame of a lamp that burns out.

Job 18:5

The lamps of sinful people soon are snuffed out,

Job 18:6

leaving their tents dark.

Psalm 101:5

Anyone who spreads gossip will be silenced; no one who is conceited will be my friend.

Psalm 131:1

I am not conceited, Lord, and I don't waste my time on impossible schemes.

Proverbs 6:16

There are six or seven kinds of people the Lord doesn't like:

Isaiah 10:12

The Lord will do what he has planned against Jerusalem and Mount Zion. Then he will punish the proud and boastful king of Assyria,