The ultimate goal of this blog is to understand narcissism and how to deal with it from not just the secular literature, but more importantly from a biblical perspective.  There are many areas in common between the Bible and secular literature in defining narcissists and how to deal with them.  But there are also areas of difference which we will see later.

 

“Proud”, “Haughty”, “Scoffer” are his names, who acts with insolent pride.  Proverbs 21:24 (NASB)

 

 

To expand on Proverbs 21:24 in defining a narcissist (“Proud, Haughty, Scoffer are his names who acts with insolent pride”), we need to further expand the definition of the “names – Proud, Haughty, Scoffer”, just as we expanded “insolent pride” from http://insolentpride.blogspot.jp/2013/10/insolent-pride-hebrew-word.html .    Following is the breakdown of the word “proud” from http://biblesuite.com/hebrew/2086.htm.

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Proud

 

zed: insolent, presumptuous

זֵד adjective insolent, presumptuous: — ׳ז Proverbs 21:24; plural זֵדִים Jeremiah 43:2 11t.; — always masculine, and always of opposition to ׳י, wickedness; with qualified noun expressed, only הָאֲנָשִׁים הַזֵּדִים Jeremiah 43:2, of opponents of Jeremiah; elsewhere used substantively, as technical term for godless, rebellious men; once singular זֵד יָהִיר לֵץ שְׁמוֺ Proverbs 21:24 a haughty insolent one, scorner is his name(“” עוֺשֶׂה בְּעֶבְרַת זָדוֺן); usually plural Isaiah 13:11(׳גְּאוֺן ז; “” גַּאֲוַת עָרִיצִים); Malachi 3:13 (“” עשֵֹׁי רִשְׁעָה), Malachi 4:19 (“” רִשְׁעָה עשֵֹׁה); and in Psalm 86:14 (“” עָרִיצִים), Psalm 119:21(“” מִמִּצְוֺתֶיךָ הַשֹּׁגִים), Psalm 119:51; Psalm 119:69; Psalm 119:78; Psalm 119:85; Psalm 119:122; so probably also Psalm 19:14 גַּם מִזֵּדִים חֲשׂךְ עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ also from presumptuous men hold back thy servant (Ew Ol Hup Che RVm); > presumptuous sins Deal. (AV RV).

presumptuous, proud

From zuwd; arrogant — presumptuous, proud.

see HEBREW zuwd

הַזֵּדִ֑ים הזדים זֵ֘דִ֤ים זֵ֣ד זֵ֭דִים זֵדִ֑ים זֵדִ֔ים זֵדִ֜ים זֵדִ֣ים זֵדִֽים׃ זד זדים זדים׃ מִזֵּדִ֨ים ׀ מזדים haz·zê·ḏîm hazzeDim hazzêḏîm miz·zê·ḏîm mizzeDim mizzêḏîm zê·ḏîm zed zêḏ zeDim zêḏîm

Psalm 86:14  BIB: אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ זֵ֘דִ֤ים קָֽמוּ־ עָלַ֗י NAS: O God, arrogant menhave risen KJV: O God, the proud are risen INT: God arrogant have risen against

Psalm 119:21  BIB: גָּ֭עַרְתָּ זֵדִ֣ים אֲרוּרִ֑ים הַ֝שֹּׁגִים NAS: You rebuke the arrogant,the cursed, KJV: Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, INT: rebuke the arrogant the cursed wander

Psalm 119:51  BIB: זֵ֭דִים הֱלִיצֻ֣נִי עַד־ NAS: The arrogant utterly deride KJV: The proud have had me greatly INT: the arrogant derision against

Psalm 119:69  BIB: עָלַ֣י שֶׁ֣קֶר זֵדִ֑ים אֲ֝נִ֗י בְּכָל־ NAS: The arrogant have forged a lie KJV: The proud have forged a lie INT: against A lie the arrogant I all

Psalm 119:78  BIB: יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ זֵ֭דִים כִּי־ שֶׁ֣קֶר NAS: May the arrogant be ashamed, KJV: Let the proud be ashamed; INT: be ashamed may the arrogant with A lie

Psalm 119:85  BIB: כָּֽרוּ־ לִ֣י זֵדִ֣ים שִׁיח֑וֹת אֲ֝שֶׁ֗ר NAS: The arrogant have dug pits KJV: The proud have digged pits INT: have dug the arrogant pits me who

Psalm 119:122  BIB: אַֽל־ יַעַשְׁקֻ֥נִי זֵדִֽים׃  NAS: for good; Do not let the arrogant oppress KJV: for good: let not the proudoppress INT: nay oppress the arrogant

Proverbs 21:24  BIB: זֵ֣ד יָ֭הִיר לֵ֣ץ NAS: Proud, Haughty, Scoffer, KJV: Proud [and] haughty scorner INT: Proud Haughty scorner

Isaiah 13:11  BIB: וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙ גְּא֣וֹן זֵדִ֔ים וְגַאֲוַ֥ת עָרִיצִ֖ים NAS: to the arrogance of the proud And abase KJV: and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, INT: put to the arrogance of the proud the haughtiness of the ruthless

Jeremiah 43:2  BIB: וְכָל־ הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים הַזֵּדִ֑יםאֹמְרִ֣ים אֶֽל־ NAS: and all the arrogant men KJV: of Kareah, and all the proud men, INT: and all men the arrogant to say to

Malachi 3:15  BIB: אֲנַ֖חְנוּ מְאַשְּׁרִ֣ים זֵדִ֑ים גַּם־ נִבְנוּ֙ NAS: we call the arrogantblessed; KJV: And now we call the proudhappy; INT: we call the arrogant only built

Malachi 4:1  BIB: וְהָי֨וּ כָל־ זֵדִ֜ים וְכָל־ עֹשֵׂ֤ה NAS: and all the arrogant and every KJV: as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do INT: become and all the arrogant and every do

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