Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
A high look, and a proud heart, [even] the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
New American Standard Bible
The
King James Version
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
Holman Bible
haughty eyes and an arrogant heart
International Standard Version
A proud attitude, accompanied by a haughty look, is sin; they reveal wicked people.
American Standard Version
A high look, and a proud heart, Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
Amplified
Haughty and arrogant eyes and a proud heart,
The lamp of the wicked [their self-centered pride], is sin [in the eyes of God].
Bible in Basic English
A high look and a heart of pride, *** of the evil-doer is sin.
Darby Translation
Lofty eyes, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
Julia Smith Translation
Lifting up the eyes and enlarging the heart, the light of the unjust is sin.
King James 2000
A haughty look, a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Haughtiness of [the] eyes and pride of heart, [the] lamp of the wicked [are] sin.
Modern King James verseion
A high look, a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A presumptuous look, a proud stomach, and the plowing of the ungodly is sin.
NET Bible
Haughty eyes and a proud heart -- the agricultural product of the wicked is sin.
New Heart English Bible
A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
The Emphasized Bible
Loftiness of eyes, and ambition of heart - the lamp of the lawless, are sin.
Webster
A high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
World English Bible
A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
Youngs Literal Translation
Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of heart, Tillage of the wicked is sin.
Themes
Pride/arrogance » Proud hearts
Pride/arrogance » A proud look
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to LORD than sacrifice. 4 A high look, and a proud heart, [even] the lamp of the wicked, is sin. 5 The thoughts of a diligent man [lead] only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to want.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 6:17
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Psalm 10:4
The wicked man, in the pride of his countenance, [says], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of LORD is to hate evil. Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to 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 a wicked mind!
Proverbs 30:13
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes, and their eyelids are lifted up.
Isaiah 2:11
The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 2:17
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low, and LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 3:16
Moreover LORD said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet,
Luke 18:14
I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that man. Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.
Romans 14:23
But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not from faith, and everything that is not from faith is sin.
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise younger men should be subordinate to the elder men. And all being subordinate to each other, clothe yourselves with humility, because God sets himself against the haughty, but gives grace to the lowly.