Proverbs 21:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

A high look and a heart of pride, *** of the evil-doer is sin.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:17 : 17 Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!
  • Prov 30:13 : 13 There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!
  • Isa 2:11 : 11 The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.
  • Isa 2:17 : 17 And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.
  • Isa 3:16 : 16 Again, the Lord has said, Because the daughters of Zion are full of pride, and go with outstretched necks and wandering eyes, with their foot-chains sounding when they go:
  • Luke 18:14 : 14 I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
  • Rom 14:23 : 23 But he who is in doubt is judged if he takes food, because he does it not in faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.
  • Ps 10:4 : 4 The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

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  • Prov 6:17-18
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    17 Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;

    18 A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

  • Ps 10:2-4
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    2 The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

    3 For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

    4 The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

  • Ps 36:1-2
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord. Of David.> The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.

    2 For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.

  • Prov 16:5
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    5 Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.

  • Prov 21:24
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    24 The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.

  • Prov 16:18-19
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    18 Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

    19 Better it is to have a gentle spirit with the poor, than to take part in the rewards of war with men of pride.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29 The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

  • Job 40:11-12
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    11 His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.

    12 His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.

  • Prov 21:27
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    27 The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!

  • Prov 24:9
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    9 The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.

  • Mark 7:22
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    22 The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:

  • Isa 5:21
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    21 Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!

  • Prov 24:18
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    18 For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

  • Prov 14:34
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    34 By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.

  • Ps 101:4-5
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    4 The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend.

    5 I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.

  • Prov 21:10
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    10 The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.

  • Prov 30:13
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    13 There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Job 4:8
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    8 What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

  • Isa 3:9
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    9 Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20 The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight

  • Prov 21:2-3
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    2 Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

    3 To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

  • Prov 18:12
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    12 Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

  • Jas 4:16
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    16 But now you go on glorying in your pride: and all such glorying is evil.

  • Prov 11:2
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    2 When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

  • Prov 4:25
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    25 Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.

  • Isa 5:15
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    15 And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:

  • Prov 29:23
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    23 A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

  • Prov 28:25
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    25 He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.

  • Prov 5:21
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    21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.

  • Prov 8:13
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    13 The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Ps 73:7
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    7 Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4 A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23 The desire of the upright man is only for good, but wrath is waiting for the evil-doer.

  • Jer 22:17
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    17 But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.

  • Isa 2:12
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    12 For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Hos 4:8
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    8 The sin of my people is like food to them; and their desire is for their wrongdoing.

  • Prov 22:12
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    12 The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

  • Prov 14:9
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    9 In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.