Proverbs 21:4

New American Bible - revised edition

Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the lamp of the wicked will fail.

Cross References

Job 18:5

Truly, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire casts no light.

Job 18:6

In his tent light is darkness; the lamp above him goes out.

Psalm 10:4

In their insolence the wicked boast: “God does not care; there is no God.”

Psalm 101:5

Whoever slanders a neighbor in secret I will reduce to silence. Haughty eyes and arrogant hearts I cannot endure.

Psalm 131:1

A song of ascents. Of David. Lord, my heart is not proud; nor are my eyes haughty. I do not busy myself with great matters, with things too sublime 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, the more so when they offer it with bad intent.

Proverbs 24:20

For the evil have no future, the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Proverbs 30:13

There are some—how haughty their eyes! how overbearing their glance!

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things the Lord hates, yes, seven are an abomination to him;

Proverbs 6:17

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

Proverbs 8:13

[The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil;] Pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth I hate.

Isaiah 10:12

But when the Lord has brought to an end all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will punish the utterance of the king of Assyria’s proud heart, and the boastfulness of his haughty eyes.

Isaiah 2:11

The eyes of human pride shall be lowered, the arrogance of mortals shall be abased, and the Lord alone will be exalted, on that day.

Isaiah 2:17

Then human pride shall be abased, the arrogance of mortals 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 necks outstretched, Ogling and mincing as they go, their anklets tinkling with every step,

Luke 11:34

The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is sound, then your whole body is filled with light, but when it is bad, then your body is in darkness.

Luke 18:14

I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Saying on Children and the Kingdom.

Romans 14:23

But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because this is not from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, you younger members, be subject to the presbyters. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for: “God opposes the proud but bestows favor on the humble.”