Proverbs 25:14
Clouds and wind without rain, || [Is] a man boasting himself in a false gift.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
In Context
15A ruler is persuaded by long-suffering, || And a soft tongue breaks a bone.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:11And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah makes horns of iron for himself and says, “Thus said YHWH: By these you push the Arameans until they are consumed”;
Luke 14:11because everyone who is exalting himself will be humbled, and he who is humbling himself will be exalted.”
2 Corinthians 11:13for those such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ,
2 Peter 2:15having forsaken a right way, they went astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the [son] of Bosor, who loved a reward of unrighteousness,
Jude 1:16These are discontented grumblers, walking according to their own lusts; and their mouth speaks swollen words, giving admiration to persons for the sake of profit;
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 →