Proverbs 25:14
Whoso maketh great boastes and geueth nothing, is lyke cloudes and winde without rayne.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
In Context
15With pacience is a prince pacified, and with a softe tongue is rigorousnesse broken.
Cross References
Luke 14:11For whosoeuer exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted.
Jude 1:16These are murmurers, complayners, walkyng after their owne lustes, whose mouthes speake proude thynges. They haue men in great reuerence because of aduantage.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:14
13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters. See here, 1. What ought to be the care of a servant, the meanest that is sent on an errand and entrusted with any business, much more the greatest, the agent and ambassador of a prince; he ought to be faithful to him that sends him, and to see to it that he do not, by mistake or with design, falsify his trust, and that he be in nothing that lies in his power wanting to his… Read the whole commentary →