Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
General references
Bible References
Boasteth
Luke 14:11
"For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."
Luke 18:10
"Two men are going up to the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, the other a tax-gatherer.
2 Corinthians 11:13
For such fellows are sham apostles of Christ.
2 Peter 2:15
They have forsaken the right way; they have lost their way, and followed the road of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrong-doing.
Jude 1:12
These are they who are stains upon your love-feasts; when they feast sumptuously without scruple, looking after none but themselves. They are clouds without water, driven along by the winds; trees of autumn, fruitless, doubly dead, torn up by the roots,
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Romans 1:22
While they professed to be wise, they became fools,
James 4:16
But now you are glorying in these insolent boastings of yours; all such glorying is evil.