Proverbs 21:4
Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.
BSB
ASV
A high look, and a proud heart, Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
KJV
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
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1 Peter 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
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Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
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Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
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Luke 18:14I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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Proverbs 8:13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
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Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
A 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.