Proverbs 21:4

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:17 : 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!
  • Prov 30:13 : 13 There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.
  • Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the haughtiness of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.
  • Isa 2:17 : 17 The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.
  • Isa 3:16 : 16 Moreover Yahweh said, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking to trip as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet;
  • Luke 18:14 : 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 he who humbles himself will be exalted."
  • Rom 14:23 : 23 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it isn't of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
  • Ps 10:4 : 4 The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

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    17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;

    18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

  • Ps 10:2-4
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    2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

    3For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

    4The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

  • Ps 36:1-2
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    1An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: "There is no fear of God before his eyes."

    2For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin.

  • Prov 16:5
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    5Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.

  • Prov 21:24
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    24The proud and haughty man, "scoffer" is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride.

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

    19It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Job 40:11-12
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    11Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

    12Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.

  • Prov 21:27
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    27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

  • Prov 24:9
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    9The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.

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    22covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

  • Isa 5:21
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    21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

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    34He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride."

  • Prov 24:18
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    18lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Prov 14:34
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    34Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

  • Ps 101:4-5
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    4A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

    5I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

  • Prov 21:10
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    10The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

  • Prov 30:13
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    13There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

  • Job 4:8
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    8According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

  • Isa 3:9
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    9The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.

  • Prov 21:2-3
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    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.

    3To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

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    12Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.

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    16But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.

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    2When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.

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    25Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

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    15So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;

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    23A man's pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

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    25One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

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    21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.

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    13The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Ps 73:7
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    7Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

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    4An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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    17But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

  • Isa 2:12
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    12For there will be a day of Yahweh of Armies for all that is proud and haughty, and for all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low:

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    7The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

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    8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

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    12The eyes of Yahweh watch over knowledge; but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

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    9Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.