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Proverbs 21

Pr. 21:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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σAn high
ruwm (Hebrew #7312)
from 7311; (literally) elevation or (figuratively) elation
KJV usage: haughtiness, height, X high.
Pronounce: room
Origin: or rum {room}
look
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
, and a proud
rachab (Hebrew #7342)
roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively
KJV usage: broad, large, at liberty, proud, wide.
Pronounce: raw-khawb'
Origin: from 7337
heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
, and the τplowing
niyr (Hebrew #5215)
from 5214; properly, plowing, i.e. (concretely) freshly plowed land
KJV usage: fallow ground, plowing, tillage.
Pronounce: neer
Origin: or nir {neer}
of the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
, is sin
chatta'ah (Hebrew #2403)
from 2398; an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
KJV usage: punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).
Pronounce: khat-taw-aw'
Origin: or chattacth {khat-tawth'}
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Haughtiness of eyes.
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or, light.

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Ministry on This Verse

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An high look.
Heb. Haughtiness of eyes.
and the.
plowing of the wicked.
or, light of the wicked.
 Not only are lofty eyes and a proud heart evil, but even what might otherwise be meritorious is sin while man refuses to bow in repentance before Him. (Proverbs Twenty-One by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Lofty eyes, and a proud heart, the lampm of the wicked, is sin.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "the tillage," or "the prosperity."