A proud look
Or, "eyes elated" F4; 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", (
James 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; a lying tongue;
that is the second of the hateful things; a tongue speaking
falsehood, knowingly and willingly, with an intention to deceive
others; to hurt the character of a neighbour, or to flatter a
friend, is a most detestable evil; it ought to be so to men, it
must be so to God, who is a God of truth: nor is there anything
in which a man more resembles the devil, who is the father of
lies; and hands that shed innocent blood;
human blood; and that of persons who have not been guilty of any
capital sin, for which they ought to die by the laws of God or
men, and yet shed or poured out as common water; such hands must
be defiled, and such men must be hateful to God, they destroying
his image, and being like to the devil, who was a murderer from
the beginning. These "three" sins are plainly to be seen in the
son of Belial, antichrist, who exalts himself above all that is
called God, the kings and princes of the earth; he and his
followers speak lies in hypocrisy; and is the whore that is drunk
with the blood of the saints, ( 2
Thessalonians 2:4 ) ( 1 Timothy
4:2 ) ( Revelation
17:6 ) .