Proverbs 21:4

Proverbs 21:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
• New International Version (NIV)Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
• New King James Version (NKJV)A haughty look, a proud heart, And the plowing of the wicked are sin.

Context of Proverbs 21:4

2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the hearts. 3To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice. Lofty eyes, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin. 5The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want. 6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.

Proverbs 21:4 word by word

רוּם־עֵ֭ינַיִם וּרְחַב־לֵ֑ב נִ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים חַטָּֽאת׃Read the interlinear

• eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403

Cross-references for Proverbs 21:4

• Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
• Proverbs 8:13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate.
• Proverbs 30:13there is a generation, — how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!
• Psalms 10:4The wicked [saith], in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!
• Isaiah 2:11The lofty eyes of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isaiah 3:16And Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-out neck and wanton eyes, and go along mincing, and making a tinkling with their feet;
• Luke 18:14I say unto you, This [man] went down to his house justified rather than that [other]. For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
• 1 Peter 5:5Likewise [ye] younger, be subject to [the] elder, and all of you bind on humility towards one another; for God sets himself against [the] proud, but to [the] humble gives grace.
• Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more when they bring it with a wicked purpose!
• Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
• Romans 14:23But he that doubts, if he eat, is condemned; because [it is] not of faith; but whatever [is] not of faith is sin.

Commentaries on Proverbs 21:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4A high look - The evidence of pride, self-conceit, and vanity. A proud heart, from which the high look, etc., come. And the ploughing - נר ner, lucerna, the lamp, the prosperity and posterity of the wicked; is sin - it is evil in the seed, and evil in the root evil in the branch, and evil in the fruit. They are full of sin themselves, and what they do is sinful.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The plowing - The Hebrew word, with a change in its vowel points, may signify either: (1) the “fallow field,” the “tillage” of Proverbs 13:23, or (2) the lamp. According to: (1) the verse would mean, “The outward signs of pride, the proud heart, the broad lands of the wicked, all are evil.” (2) however, belongs, as it were, to the language of the time and of the book Proverbs 13:9; Proverbs 24:20. The “lamp of the wicked” is their outwardly bright…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4Verse 4 Sin is the pride, the ambition, the glory, the joy, and the business of wicked men.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Appearance (eyes), character (heart), and actions are all important. God dislikes pride (see Proverbs 6:17–18; 11:2; 13:10; 15:33; 16:18; 18:12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. high look--(Compare Margin; Psa 131:1). proud heart--or, "heart of breadth," one that is swollen (compare Psa 101:5). ploughing--better "lamp," a frequent figure for prosperity (Pr 20:20); hence joy or delight.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Proverbs 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings