Proverbs 21:4
Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
In Context
3To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.
Cross References
Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.
Psalms 101:5The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.
Proverbs 6:16Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth:
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the Lord hateth evil: I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
Proverbs 21:27The sacrifices of the wicked are abominable, because they are offered of wickedness.
Isaiah 2:11The lofty eyes of man are humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be made to stoop: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:4
3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. Here, 1. It is implied that many deceive themselves with a conceit that, if they offer sacrifice, that will excuse them from doing justice, and procure them a dispensation for their unrighteousness; and this makes their way seem right, v. 2 . We have fasted, Isa. lviii. 3 . I have peace-offerings with me, Prov. vii. 14 . 2. It is plainly declared that living a good life (doing justly and loving mercy) is more pleasing to God than the most… Read the whole commentary →