Proverbs 21:4
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:4 Or lamp
Proverbs 21:4
Authorized (King James) Version
4 An high look, and a proud heart,
and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
Proverbs 21:24
New King James Version
24 A proud and haughty man—“Scoffer” is his name;
He acts with arrogant pride.
Proverbs 21:24
Authorized (King James) Version
24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name,
who dealeth in proud wrath.
Proverbs 22:4
New King James Version
4 By humility and the fear of the Lord
Are riches and honor and life.
Proverbs 22:4
Authorized (King James) Version
4 By humility and the fear of the Lord
are riches, and honour, and life.
Proverbs 25:27
New King James Version
27 It is not good to eat much honey;
So (A)to seek one’s own glory is not glory.
Proverbs 25:27
Authorized (King James) Version
27 It is not good to eat much honey:
so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Proverbs 26:16
New King James Version
16 The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can answer sensibly.
Proverbs 26:16
Authorized (King James) Version
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit
than seven men that can render a reason.
Proverbs 27:2
New King James Version
2 (A)Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 27:2
Authorized (King James) Version
2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Proverbs 27:21
New King James Version
21 (A)The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And a man is valued by what others say of him.
Proverbs 27:21
Authorized (King James) Version
21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold;
so is a man to his praise.
Proverbs 29:23
New King James Version
23 (A)A man’s pride will bring him low,
But the humble in spirit will retain honor.
Proverbs 29:23
Authorized (King James) Version
23 A man’s pride shall bring him low:
but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
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