Proverbs 25:14 · KJV
“Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift {is like} clouds and wind without rain. {of a...: Heb. in a gift of falsehood}”
— Proverbs 25:14
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.
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
Proverbs 25 — Context
{As} an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, {so is} a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
13As 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.
14Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift {is like} clouds and wind without rain. {of a...: Heb. in a gift of falsehood}
15By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
16Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:6
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? {goodness: or, bounty}
Luke 14:11
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Jude 1:16
These 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 2:15-19
Which 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 11:13-18
For such {are} false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
Jude 1:12-13
These 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;
Luke 18:10-14
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
2 Corinthians 11:31
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.