KJV King James Version
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.
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Proverbs 25:14
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
WEB World English Bible
As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.
ASV American Standard Version
As clouds and wind without rain, So is he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, Is a man boasting himself in a false gift.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 25
11 A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver.
12 [As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
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.
14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.
15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and [so] hate thee.
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Proverbs 20:6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?Luke 14:11For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.Jude 1:16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words], having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.2 Peter 2:15-19Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.2 Corinthians 11:13-18For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.Luke 18:10-14Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.Jude 1:12-13These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;1 Kings 22:11And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
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