Pro 25:14
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift {is like} clouds and wind without rain. {of a...: Heb. in a gift of falsehood}
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Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? {goodness: or, bounty}
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
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.
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;
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
For such {are} false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
And 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.
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
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;
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
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;
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? {goodness: or, bounty}
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, {proud: or, a fool} {doting: or, sick}
But we will not boast of things without {our} measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you. {rule: or, line}
Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.