Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
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Bible References
Boasteth
Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
Luke 18:10
"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax-collector.
2 Corinthians 11:13
For such men are sham apostles, dishonest workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
2 Peter 2:15
They have left the straight road and gone astray. They have followed the road that Balaam, the son of Beor, trod, who fell in love with the profits of wrongdoing
Jude 1:12
They are blots on your love feasts while they feast with you, daringly caring for no one but themselves; rainless clouds swept along by winds; leafless trees that bear no fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;
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Romans 1:22
Though claiming to be wise, they made fools of themselves,
James 4:16
But, as it is, you boast of your proud pretensions. All such boasting is wicked.