Proverbs 25:14

false. pretended. Illustrations: Zedekiah(1 Kings 22:11); Hananiah (Jeremiah 28:1-4); Shemaiah (Jeremiah 29:24-31); false apostles (2 Corinthians 11:13-15).

wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The disappointment caused by him who promises much and performs little or nothing, is likened to the phenomena of an eastern climate; the drought o...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

First Division. In general character this division shows a resemblance to the Sayings of the Wise, containing a number of quatrains and synthetic c...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. A false gift - מתת שקר mattath shaker, a lying gift, one promised, but...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift— Or, pretends he will give a valuable gift, and disappoints the expectation, is like clouds and wind withou...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. Whose boasteth himself of a false gift - raising expectations by...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Courts. Quarrels 1-7. relate to kings and courts.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Of a false gift] RV 'of his gifts falsely.' 'Much cry and little wool.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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. — G...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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. T...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now come to the second collection of the proverbs of Solomon. These, as the title specifically declares, constitute a posthumous collection gather...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, surna...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 promi...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

In This CHAPTER, forming the first section, necessarily affirms the basic principles of true unity, which is absolutely essential to recovery. For de...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. He may be said to boast of a false gift, 1. Who...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 giv...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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,...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 25:1 . These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah copied out. Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs, and a thousand an...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-29:27 Part VI. SECOND GREAT COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS , gathered by "the men of Hezekiah," in which wi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

True Wisdom the Highest Good of Kings and Subjects.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift, of a liberality which he does not practice, is like clouds and wind without rain, which also promise much a...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:11 ; 2 Corinthians 11:13-18 ; 2 Corinthians 11:31 ; 2 Peter 2:15-19 ; Jude 1:12 ; Jude 1:13 ; Jude 1:16 ; Luke 14:11 ; Luke 18:10...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Boasteth — Promising what he never intends to give. Is like — Like empty clouds carried about with wind, and not affording that rain which they pro...

¹⁴ Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 25:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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