Proverbs 21:4
Legacy Standard Bible
4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart—
The (A)fallow ground of the wicked—are sin.
Proverbs 21:4
American Standard Version
4 A high look, and a proud heart,
[a]Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:4 Or, And the tillage
Proverbs 21:24
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 21:24
American Standard Version
24 The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name;
He worketh in the arrogance of pride.
Proverbs 22:4
Legacy Standard Bible
4 The reward of humility—the [a]fear of Yahweh—
Is riches, glory, and life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:4 Or reverence
Proverbs 22:4
American Standard Version
4 The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah
Is riches, and honor, and life.
Proverbs 25:27
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:27 Lit their
Proverbs 25:27
American Standard Version
27 It is not good to eat much honey;
[a]So for men to search out their own glory is grievous.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:27 Or, But for men to search out their own glory is glory. The Hebrew text is obscure.
Proverbs 26:16
Legacy Standard Bible
16 The sluggard is (A)wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can respond with a discreet answer.
Proverbs 26:16
American Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:16 Hebrew his own eyes.
- Proverbs 26:16 Or, answer discreetly
Proverbs 27:2
Legacy Standard Bible
2 Let a (A)stranger praise you, and not your own mouth;
A foreigner, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 27:2
American Standard Version
2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
A stranger, and not thine own lips.
Proverbs 27:21
Legacy Standard Bible
21 The (A)refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And each (B)is tested by the mouth that praises him.
Proverbs 27:21
American Standard Version
21 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
And a man is tried by [a]his praise.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:21 Or, that which he praiseth. Or, that whereof he boasteth
Proverbs 29:23
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 29:23
American Standard Version
23 A man’s pride shall bring him low;
But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.
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