Proverbs 21:4
Being proud and arrogant [DOU] is like a lamp [MTY] that guides wicked people; being proud and arrogant characterizes ◄wicked people’s whole behavior/everything that wicked people do►.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
In Context
3Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to Yahweh than bringing sacrifices to him.
Cross References
Job 18:6And when the lamps above them in their tents are extinguished, there will be no light in those tents.
Psalms 101:5I will get rid of anyone who secretly slanders someone else, and I will not ◄tolerate/allow to be near me► anyone who is proud and arrogant [DOU].
Proverbs 6:16There are six, maybe seven, kinds of people that Yahweh hates. They are:
Proverbs 8:13All the people who revere Yahweh hate evil. I, wisdom, hate people who are proud and people who think they are more important than others. I hate people who behave in an evil way and those who say things to deceive others.
Proverbs 21:27Yahweh detests the sacrifices that wicked people offer to him; but he detests it even more when they think that they will escape being punished for their evil deeds because of the sacrifices that they bring.
Isaiah 2:11Yahweh will cause you people to no longer be arrogant, and he will stop you from being proud. Only Yahweh will be praised/honored on 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 →