Proverbs 25:14
A man that boasteth of false liberalitie, is like cloudes and winde without raine.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
In Context
15A Prince is pacified by staying of anger, and a soft tongue breaketh the bones.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:11And Zidkiiah the sonne of Chenaanah made him hornes of yron, and sayd, Thus sayth the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Aramites, vntill thou hast consumed them.
Luke 14:11For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shall be exalted.
2 Corinthians 11:13For such false apostles are deceitfull workers, and transforme themselues into the Apostles of Christ.
2 Peter 2:15Which forsaking the right way, haue gone astray, folowing the way of Balaam, the sonne of Bosor, which loued the wages of vnrighteousnes.
Jude 1:16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their owne lustes: Whose mouthes speake proud things, hauing mens persons in admiration, 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 →