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Prov. 25:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whoso boastethi himself πof a false gift is like cloudsk and wind without rain.

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Luke 18:10• ¹⁰Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer. (Luke 18:10)

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in a gift of falsehood.

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Jude 12• ¹²These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together with you without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by the winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up; (Jude 12)

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boasteth.

Prov. 20:6• ⁶Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find? (Prov. 20:6)

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1 Kings 22:11• ¹¹And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron, and he said, Thus saith Jehovah: With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have exterminated them. (1 Kings 22:11)

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Luke 14:11• ¹¹for every one that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that abases himself shall be exalted. (Luke 14:11)

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Luke 18:10‑14• ¹⁰Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer.
¹¹The Pharisee, standing, prayed thus to himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer.
¹²I fast twice in the week, I tithe everything I gain.
¹³And the tax-gatherer, standing afar off, would not lift up even his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, O God, have compassion on me, the sinner.
¹⁴I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than that other. For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. (Luke 18:10‑14)

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2 Cor. 11:13‑18,31• ¹³For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
¹⁴And it is not wonderful, for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
¹⁵It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
¹⁶Again I say, Let not any one think me to be a fool; but if otherwise, receive me then even as a fool, that *I* also may boast myself some little.
¹⁷What I speak I do not speak according to the Lord, but as in folly, in this confidence of boasting.
¹⁸Since many boast according to flesh, *I* also will boast.
³¹The God and Father of the Lord Jesus knows--he who is blessed for ever--that I do not lie. (2 Cor. 11:13‑18,31)

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2 Peter 2:15‑19• ¹⁵having left the straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the reward of unrighteousness;
¹⁶but had reproof of his own wickedness--the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet.
¹⁷These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved for ever.
¹⁸For while speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with the lusts of the flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk in error,
¹⁹promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery. (2 Peter 2:15‑19)

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Jude 12‑13,16• ¹²These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together with you without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by the winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;
¹³raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the gloom of darkness for eternity.
¹⁶These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts; and their mouth speaks swelling words, admiring persons for the sake of profit. (Jude 12‑13,16)

of a false gift.

Heb. in a gift of falsehood.

• When clouds are seen in the sky, in a period of drought, men hope for showers and are disappointed if they do not come. So when one talks of making gifts but fails to fulfill his promises, he disappoints in the same way. (“Proverbs Twenty-Five” by H.A. Ironside)

• See the full description of such false gifts in Jude 11-13. (“Proverbs Twenty-Five” by H.A. Ironside)

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Clouds and wind without rain, so is a man that boasteth himself of a false giftf.

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Or "falsely of giving."