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Proverbs 21:4

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A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

Context

1The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.
3To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
4A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
5The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
6Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
7The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

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