💡WEB · Proverbs 21:4
What does Proverbs 21:4 mean?
"A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin."
— Proverbs 21:4 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
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