Bible verse

Proverbs 21:4

Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.

Proverbs 21:4 · BSB

Proverbs 21:4 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 21.

1 The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.

2 All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.

3 To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.

4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.

5 The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.

6 Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.

8 The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Read all of Proverbs 21

Proverbs 21:4 in other translations

KJV

An high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of the wicked, [is] sin.

ASV

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

ERV

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

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