Bible verse
Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.
Proverbs 21:4 · BSB
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.
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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