Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Lifting up the eyes and enlarging the heart, the light of the unjust 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.
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.
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
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
3 To do justice and judgment was chosen by Jehovah above gold. 4 Lifting up the eyes and enlarging the heart, the light of the unjust is sin. 5 The purposes of the active only to abundance; and every one hastening only to want
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 6:17
Eyes being lifted up; a tongue of falsehood, and hands shedding innocent blood,
Psalm 10:4
The unjust according to the height of his anger, will not seek: God is not in all his thoughts.
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of Jehovah hates evil: pride and haughtiness, and the evil way, and the mouth of perverseness I hated.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the unjust an abomination of Jehovah: and the prayer of the upright his acceptance.
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the unjust is an abomination, for also he will bring it in mischief.
Proverbs 30:13
A generation, how its eyes were raised up and its eyelashes will be lifted up.
Isaiah 2:11
The lofty eyes of man were humbled, and the height of men bowed down, and Jehovah alone was exalted in that day.
Isaiah 2:17
And the haughtiness of man was bowed down, and the height of man was humbled: and Jehovah alone was exalted in that day.
Isaiah 3:16
And Jehovah will say, Because the daughters of Zion were lifted up, and they will go extending the neck and ogling their eyes, going and tripping their going, and binding back their feet:
Luke 18:14
I say to you, this one went down to his house justified rather than that one: for every one lifting up himself shall be humbled; and he humbling himself shall be lifted up.
Romans 14:23
And he being judged if he eat, has been condemned for not of faith; and everything not of faith is sin.
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, ye younger, be subjected to the elders. And all being subject to one another, be wrapped up in humility: for God opposes the proud, and gives grace to the humble.