'High sounding' in the Bible
Give him praise with the loud brass: give him praise with the high-sounding brass.
Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.
I have knowledge of his wrath, says the Lord, that it is nothing; his high-sounding words have done nothing.
By talking high-sounding nonsense and using sinful cravings of the flesh, they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.
These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.