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Every man’s lifestyle is proper in his own view,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.

To do what is right and just
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
A proud attitude,[a] accompanied by[b] a haughty look, is sin;
    they reveal[c] wicked people.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:4 Lit. heart
  2. Proverbs 21:4 Lit. proud heart and
  3. Proverbs 21:4 Lit. sin; the lamp of

A person may think their own ways are right,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.(A)

To do what is right and just
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.(B)

Haughty eyes(C) and a proud heart—
    the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.

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