Proverbs 25:14
Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
In Context
15Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:11Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”
Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
2 Corinthians 11:13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
2 Peter 2:15They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
Jude 1:16These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.
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 →