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,
but who can find a trustworthy man?

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You will gore the Arameans with these until they are finished off.’”

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

“Two men went up to the temple complex to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path and have followed the path of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness

These are the ones who are like dangerous reefs at your love feasts. They feast with you, nurturing only themselves without fear. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn—fruitless, twice dead, pulled out by the roots;

General references

Claiming to be wise, they became fools

But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.