Proverbs 21:4
A high-minded man is stout-hearted in his pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
In Context
3To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.
Cross References
Job 18:6His light shall be darkness in his habitation, and his lamp shall be put out with him.
Psalms 101:5By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bone has cleaved to my flesh. 1
Proverbs 6:16For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul.
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, and insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; and I hate the perverse ways of bad men.
Proverbs 21:27The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly. + 21:27 Or, unlawfully.
Isaiah 2:11For the eyes of the Lord are high, but man is low; and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low, 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 →