Proverbs 21:4
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4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart—
the lamp of the wicked—are sin.(A)
Proverbs 21:4
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4 Haughty eyes(A) and a proud heart—
the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.
Proverbs 21:4
King James Version
4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
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Proverbs 21:24
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24 The proud, haughty person, named Scoffer,
acts with arrogant pride.(A)
Proverbs 21:24
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24 The proud and arrogant person(A)—“Mocker” is his name—
behaves with insolent fury.
Proverbs 21:24
King James Version
24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
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Proverbs 22:4
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4 The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
is riches and honor and life.
Proverbs 22:4
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Proverbs 22:4
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4 By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.
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Proverbs 25:27
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27 It is not good to eat much honey
or to seek honor on top of honor.(A)
Proverbs 25:27
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Proverbs 25:27
King James Version
27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
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Proverbs 26:16
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16 The lazy person is wiser in self-esteem
than seven who can answer discreetly.
Proverbs 26:16
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16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
than seven people who answer discreetly.
Proverbs 26:16
King James Version
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
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Proverbs 27:2
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2 Let another praise you and not your own mouth,
a stranger and not your own lips.(A)
Proverbs 27:2
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2 Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth;
an outsider, and not your own lips.(A)
Proverbs 27:2
King James Version
2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
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Proverbs 27:21
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21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
so a person is tested[a] by being praised.(A)
Footnotes
- 27.21 Heb lacks is tested
Proverbs 27:21
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21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,(A)
but people are tested by their praise.
Proverbs 27:21
King James Version
21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
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Proverbs 29:23
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23 A person’s pride will bring humiliation,
but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.(A)
Proverbs 29:23
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Proverbs 29:23
King James Version
23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
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