A high look and a proud heart,
the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 21:4 in context
Proverbs 21:1–7
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
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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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