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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, fearlessly pasturing themselves; clouds without water carried along by 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;{HR}But a faithful man who can 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 exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that abaseth 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 that I acquire.
¹³And the tax-gatherer, standing afar off, would not lift up even his eyes to heaven, but was striking upon his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me the sinner.
¹⁴I say unto you, this [man] went down to his house justified rather than that [other]; for everyone who exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth 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 no wonder, for Satan himself transformeth himself into an angel of light:
¹⁵[it is] no great thing then if his servants also transform themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.
¹⁶Again I say, let not one think me to be a fool; but if otherwise, even as a fool receive me, that I also may boast some little.
¹⁷What I speak, I speak not 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, he that is blessed forever, knoweth that I lie not. (2 Cor. 11:13‑18,31)

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2 Peter 2:15‑19• ¹⁵abandoning as they did a straight way, they went astray, following out in the way of Balaam [son] of Beor, who loved wages of unrighteousness,
¹⁶but had reproof of his own iniquity; a dumb beast of burden speaking with man's voice forbade the madness of the prophet.
¹⁷These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved.
¹⁸For uttering overswellings of vanity, they allure in lusts of the flesh, by dissolutenesses, those that are just escaping from them that walk in error,
¹⁹promising them liberty while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is worsted, by him is he also held in bondage. (2 Peter 2:15‑19)

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Jude 12‑13,16• ¹²These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together, fearlessly pasturing themselves; clouds without water carried along by winds; autumnal trees without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;
¹³raging sea-waves foaming out their own shames; wandering stars for whom hath been reserved the gloom of darkness forever.
¹⁶These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts, and their mouth speaketh swelling things, 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)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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."

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Clouds and wind without rain{HR}Is whoso boasteth of a false gift.