"A proud look,
a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent
blood,"Pr 6:17
"A
proud look" Or,
"eyes elated" ; scorning to look down upon
others; or looking upon them with disdain;
or reckoning them as unworthy to be looked
upon, having an high opinion of their own
worth and merit. Pride is the first of the
hateful things mentioned; it being the first
sin committed, as is probable, the sin of
the angels, and of the first man; and
is a
predominant evil in human nature, and is
directly opposite to God and to his nature,
and against which he sets himself; for "he resisteth the proud", #Jas 4:6; the pride of
the heart shows itself in the eyes, or by
the looks of a man; Gersom says, the phrase
denotes impudence and haughtiness;
- John Gill's Expositor
