THEOSISProverbs 21:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin.
רוּם־עֵ֭ינַיִם וּרְחַב־לֵ֑ב נִ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים חַטָּֽאת׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 6:17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
- 1 Pet 5:5In like manner, ye young men, be subject to the ancients. And do you all insinuate humility one to another: for God resisteth the proud, but to the humble he giveth grace.
- Isa 2:17And the loftiness of men shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
- Prov 8:13The fear of the Lord hateth evil; I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
- Rom 14:23But he that discerneth, if he eat, is condemned; because not of faith. For all that is not of faith is sin.
- Prov 21:27The sacrifices of the wicked are abominable, because they are offered of wickedness.
- Ps 10 (9):4
- Prov 15:8The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.