A haughty look

[Pergamum]

I am trying to track down references to "a haughty look" and look into what all this entails.

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

What exactly is a haughty look? What does it look like?

What are some examples of a proud look in our day?

I saw a snippet of a rap video and it seems that black rap or latino music culture often cultivates this in a fasionable way. Also, I was hassled by a policeman here in this country last year and he had sort of a smug look on his face knowing that he was in power. Also, some rich CEOs in power and some politicans (thinking of a recent pic of Newt Gingrich I saw this week), as well as religious leaders seem to sometimes have this as well (thinking of that female preacher with the short hair)...a look of being an authority or overly certain or self-righteous.

What is the opposite of a haughty look or a proud gaze and how do we cultivate it and what does it look like?

 

[Pergamum]

p.s. follow-up question: If we see someone and think that they look haughty without sufficient facts gathered to know for sure, is this a commandment violation (bearing false witness). If so, how can Christians hate a haughty look?

 

[J. Dean]

Listen to Steve Taylor's song "Smug"

I think the passage, though it is referring to something external, is speaking with regard to something being reflected from the heart. That it's not simply the look in and of itself, but rather that there's sufficient evidence to warrant that the expression is founded upon an accompanying attitude of arrogance.