Proverbs 25:14

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Summary

Proverbs 25:14

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

Boasteth

Jude 1:12

General references

Romans 1:22

James 4:16

Bible References

Boasteth

Many a man proclaims his own loyalty and goodness,
But who can find a faithful and trustworthy man?

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘With these you will gore the Arameans (Syrians) until they are destroyed.’”

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled [before others], and he who habitually humbles himself (keeps a realistic self-view) will be exalted.”

“Two men went up into the temple [enclosure] to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

For such men are counterfeit apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

Abandoning the straight road [that is, the right way to live], they have gone astray; they have followed the way of [the false teacher] Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the reward of wickedness;

These men are hidden reefs [elements of great danger to others] in your love feasts when they feast together with you without fear, looking after [only] themselves; [they are like] clouds without water, swept along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted and lifeless;

General references

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

But as it is, you boast [vainly] in your pretension and arrogance. All such boasting is evil.