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Proverbs 21:4
A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
Proverbs 21:4 · World English Bible
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Proverbs 21:4 in other translations
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.
A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
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In context
1 The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.
3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4 A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
5 The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
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