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Proverbs 25:14

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¶ Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.

Whoso {H376} boasteth {H1984} himself of a false {H8267} gift {H4991} is like clouds {H5387} and wind {H7307} without rain {H1653}.

Like clouds and wind that bring no rain is he who boasts of gifts he never gives.

Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.

As clouds and wind without rain, So ishe that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 20:6 (6 votes)

    ¶ Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

  • Luke 14:11 (4 votes)

    For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

  • 2 Peter 2:15 (3 votes)

    Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

  • 2 Peter 2:19 (3 votes)

    While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

  • Jude 1:16 (3 votes)

    These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words], having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:31 (2 votes)

    The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

  • Luke 18:10 (2 votes)

    Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.