Proverbs 25:14
What meaning of the proverbs 25:14 in the Bible?
What does Proverbs 25:14 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain."
What does Proverbs 25:14 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain."
Verse Proverbs 25:14. _A FALSE GIFT_] מתת שקר _mattath shaker, a lying gift_, one _promised_, but never _bestowed_. "Whoso maketh greate boastes, and giveth nothing;" COVERDALE. SO the VULGATE: "Vir g...
The disappointment caused by him who promises much and performs little or nothing, is likened to the phenomena of an eastern climate; the drought of summer, the eager expectation of men who watch the...
IV. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON COLLECTED BY THE MEN OF HEZEKIAH CHAPTER 25 Here begin the proverbs which the good king Hezekiah, under the guidance of the Spirit of God, added to this book. “This title...
FIRST DIVISION. In general character this division shows a resemblance to the Sayings of the Wise, containing a number of quatrains and synthetic couplets, and but few antithetic couplets. PROVERBS...
FALSE. pretended. Illustrations: Zedekiah(1 Kings 22:11); Hananiah (Jeremiah 28:1); Shemaiah (Jeremiah 29:24); false apostles (2 Corinthians 11:13). WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9....
Lit., CLOUDS AND WIND AND NO RAIN; A MAN WHO BOASTS HIMSELF OF A GIFT OF FALSEHOOD. The rising wind and gathering clouds (1 Kings 18:45) which, un-accompanied by rain, disappoint the expectation...
WHOSO BOASTETH HIMSELF OF A FALSE GIFT— Or, pretends he will give a valuable gift, and disappoints the expectation, _is like clouds and wind without rain._ See 1 Kings 18:45....
TEXT Proverbs 25:11-19 11. A word fitly spoken Is like applies of gold in network of silver. 12. As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear....
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. WHOSE BOASTETH HIMSELF OF A FALSE GIFT - raising expectations by promises which he never fulfills. (IS LIKE) CLOUDS A...
25:14 gift. (f-16) Or 'falsely of giving.'...
COURTS. QUARRELS 1-7. relate to kings and courts....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 25 MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS) (PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27) V1 Here are more of Solomon’s proverbs (wise words). The officia...
WHOSO BOASTETH HIMSELF OF A FALSE GIFT — _i.e.,_ talks loudly of what he is going to do for another, and then does nothing. CLOUDS AND WIND. — Generally followed by heavy rain, (Comp. 1 Kings 18:45.)...
נְשִׂיאִ֣ים וְ֭ רוּחַ וְ גֶ֣שֶׁם אָ֑יִן אִ֥ישׁ מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ל בְּ מַתַּת ־שָֽׁקֶר׃...
CHAPTER 26 THE KING "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter. The heaven for height and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchabl...
WORDS FITLY SPOKEN Proverbs 25:1-14 This collection of proverbs was made. 250years after the time of Solomon by the scribes of King Hezekiah. The glory of God is too great to be disclosed to the vul...
We now come to the second collection of the proverbs of Solomon. These, as the title specifically declares, constitute a posthumous collection gathered in the days of Hezekiah. Speaking generally, the...
Whoever boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] (k) clouds and wind without rain. (k) Which have an outward appearance, and are nothing within....
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is suf...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be follow...
WHOSO BOASTETH HIMSELF OF A FALSE GIFT,.... Of his charity and alms deeds; bragging of great things he does this way, when he does nothing; or who is very vain in making large promises of what he will...
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain. Ver. 14. _Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift_] As Ptolemy, surnamed Dωσων, from his fair promises, slack performance...
_Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift_ Falsely pretends that he hath given, or will give, a valuable gift; or who raises high expectations by promising much, and then deceives them by performing lit...
TRUE WISDOM THE HIGHEST GOOD OF KINGS AND SUBJECTS....
In This CHAPTER, forming the first section, necessarily affirms the basic principles of true unity, which is absolutely essential to recovery. For departure is the very breeding-ground of division, -...
OF A FALSE GIFT: _ Heb._ in a gift of falsehood...
WHOSO BOASTETH HIMSELF OF A FALSE GIFT, pretending that he hath given, or promising that he will give, a man those gifts, which he neither hath given, nor intendeth to give him, IS LIKE CLOUDS AND WIN...
Proverbs 25:14 Whoever H376 falsely H8267 boasts H1984 (H8693) giving H4991 clouds H5387 wind H7307 rain H1653 boasteth - Proverbs 20:6; 1 Kings 22:11; Luke 14:11, Luke 18:10-14;...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 25:21; Proverbs 25:22.) The way to turn an enemy into a friend is to act friendly tow...
Proverbs 25:1. _These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah copied out._ Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs, and a thousand and five songs. 1 Kings 4:32. The supplement to the boo...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of Proverbs 1:1 came into existence, at earliest, in the reign of Hezekiah (reigned 715–686...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 25:14. A FALSE GIFT. This gift is generally understood to be one bestowed by the boaster, but which is worth nothing, or the mere promise of a gift which is never fulfilled....
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-29:27 PART VI. SECOND GREAT COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS, gathered by "the men of Hezekiah," in which wisdom is set forth as the greatest blessing to the king and his subjects...
Now in chapter 25. These proverbs were gathered by Hezekiah when he became king, and they were added to the books of proverbs by Hezekiah's scribes. During the period of Hezekiah's reign, it was a per...
1 Kings 22:11; 2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Corinthians 11:31; 2 Peter 2:15; Jude 1:12; Jude 1:13; Jude 1:16; Luke 14:11; Luke 18:10; Pro
Boasteth — Promising what he never intends to give. Is like — Like empty clouds carried about with wind, and not affording that rain which they promise....