Proverbs 21:4
Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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.
5The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.
Cross References
Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.
Psalms 101:5I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.
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 →