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Proverbs 21:4

Proverbs 21:4
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

An high look, and a proud heart,.... The former is a sign of the latter, and commonly go together, and are both abominable to the Lord; see Psa 101:5. A man that looks above others, and with disdain…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The plowing - The Hebrew word, with a change in its vowel points, may signify either: (1) the “fallow field,” the “tillage” of Pro 13:23, or (2) the lamp. According to: (1) the verse would mean, “The…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

This may be taken as showing us, 1. The marks of a wicked man. He that has a high look and a proud heart, that carries himself insolently and scornfully towards both God and man, and that is always…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the plowing This, which is an admissible rendering, is virtually retained (the tillage) in R.V. marg. The haughty bearing, the proud look, the prosperous labours of the wicked are alike condemned as…