Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

A high look, and a proud heart, Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

New American Standard Bible

Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
The lamp of the wicked, is sin.

King James Version

An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

Holman Bible

The lamp that guides the wicked—
haughty eyes and an arrogant heart—is sin.

International Standard Version

A proud attitude, accompanied by a haughty look, is sin; they reveal wicked people.

A Conservative 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
An high
רם רוּם 
Ruwm 
Usage: 7

and a proud
רחב 
Rachab 
Usage: 20

and the plowing
נר ניר 
Niyr 
Usage: 4

of the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

3 To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice. 4 A high look, and a proud heart, Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin. 5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

Cross References

Proverbs 6:17

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

Psalm 10:4

The wicked, in the pride of his countenance,'saith , He will not require it . All his thoughts are, There is no God.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; 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 bringeth it with a wicked mind!

Proverbs 30:13

There is a generation, oh 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 Jehovah 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 Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 3:16

Moreover Jehovah 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 unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Romans 14:23

But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

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