Proverbs 21:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of heart, Tillage of the wicked `is' sin.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:17 : 17 Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood --
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of Jehovah `is' to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked `is' an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright `is' His delight.
  • Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the wicked `is' abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.
  • Prov 30:13 : 13 A generation -- how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.
  • Isa 2:11 : 11 The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.
  • Isa 2:17 : 17 And bowed down hath been the haughtiness of man, And humbled the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.
  • Isa 3:16 : 16 `Because that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving `with' the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling,
  • Luke 18:14 : 14 I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'
  • Rom 14:23 : 23 and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, hath been condemned, because `it is' not of faith; and all that `is' not of faith is sin.
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;
  • Ps 10:4 : 4 The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. `God is not!' `are' all his devices.

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  • Prov 6:17-18
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    17Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood --

    18A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --

  • Ps 10:2-4
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    2Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

    3Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

    4The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. `God is not!' `are' all his devices.

  • Ps 36:1-2
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    1To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David. The transgression of the wicked Is affirming within my heart, `Fear of God is not before his eyes,

    2For he made `it' smooth to himself in his eyes, To find his iniquity to be hated.

  • 5An abomination to Jehovah `is' every proud one of heart, Hand to hand he is not acquitted.

  • 24Proud, haughty, scorner `is' his name, Who is working in the wrath of pride.

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    18Before destruction `is' pride, And before stumbling -- a haughty spirit.'

    19Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.

  • 29A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright -- he prepareth his way.

  • Job 40:11-12
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    11Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.

    12See every proud one -- humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.

  • 27The sacrifice of the wicked `is' abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.

  • 9The thought of folly `is' sin, And an abomination to man `is' a scorner.

  • 22thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness;

  • 21Wo `to' the wise in their own eyes, And -- before their own faces -- intelligent!

  • 34Every high thing he doth see, He `is' king over all sons of pride.

  • 18Lest Jehovah see, and `it be' evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.

  • 34Righteousness exalteth a nation, And the goodliness of peoples `is' a sin-offering.

  • Ps 101:4-5
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    4A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.

    5Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

  • 10The soul of the wicked hath desired evil, Not gracious in his eyes is his neighbour.

  • 13A generation -- how high are their eyes, Yea, their eyelids are lifted up.

  • 12The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.

  • 8As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!

  • 9The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Wo to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.

  • 20An abomination to Jehovah `are' the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way `are' His delight.

  • Prov 21:2-3
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    2Every way of a man `is' right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.

    3To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.

  • 12Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour `is' humility.

  • 16and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;

  • 2Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly `is' wisdom.

  • 25Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.

  • 15And bowed down is the low, and humbled the high, And the eyes of the haughty become low,

  • 23The pride of man humbleth him, And humility of spirit upholdeth honour.

  • 25Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.

  • 21For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.

  • 13The fear of Jehovah `is' to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

  • 3The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.

  • 7Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;

  • 4An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • 23The desire of the righteous `is' only good, The hope of the wicked `is' transgression.

  • 17But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.

  • 12For a day `is' to Jehovah of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,

  • 7The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

  • 8The sin of My people they do eat, And unto their iniquity lift up their soul.

  • 12The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.

  • 9Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing.