Proverbs 25:14
Like clouds and wind without rain, so is a man that vaunteth falsely of a gift.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
In Context
15By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh bones.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:11And Zedekiah the son of Kena'anah had made himself horns of iron; and he said, Thus hath said the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have made an end of them.
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 →