(A)A haughty look, a proud heart,
And the [a]plowing of the wicked are sin.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:4 Or lamp

A haughty look and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, are sin.

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24 A proud and haughty man—“Scoffer” is his name;
He acts with arrogant pride.

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24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

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By humility and the fear of the Lord
Are riches and honor and life.

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With humility and the fear of the Lord come riches and honor and life.

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27 It is not good to eat much honey;
So (A)to seek one’s own glory is not glory.

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27 It is not good to eat much honey; so also for men to search after their own glory is not glory.

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16 The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can answer sensibly.

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16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render an answer.

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(A)Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.

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Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

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21 (A)The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And a man is valued by what others say of him.

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21 As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold, so is a man tried by praise.

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23 (A)A man’s pride will bring him low,
But the humble in spirit will retain honor.

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23 A man’s pride shall bring him low, but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.

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