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 judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. 4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
The lamp of the wicked, is sin.
5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness, but of every one that is too hasty, only to want.

Cross References

Proverbs 6:17

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Psalm 10:4

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, does not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride, arrogancy, the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

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 abomination; how much more, when he brings it with lewdness?

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 humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the 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 made low; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 3:16

Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and swaggering as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for anyone that exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

Romans 14:23

And he that makes a difference is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat by faith; and whatsoever is not out of faith is sin.

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, young people, be subject to the elders in such a manner that you are all subject to one another. Be clothed with humility of will, for God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble.

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