'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.
For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living 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.