Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 the LORD than sacrifice. 4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
The lamp of the wicked, is sin.
5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

Cross References

Proverbs 6:17

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

Psalm 10:4

In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, "There is no God."

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.

Proverbs 21:27

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent.

Proverbs 30:13

There are those--how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!

Isaiah 2:11

The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 2:17

And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled, and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 3:16

The LORD said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with their eyes, mincing along as they go, tinkling with their feet,

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

Romans 14:23

But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

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