THEOSISProverbs 25:14Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
As clouds, and wind, when no rain followeth, so is the man that boasteth, and doth not fulfil his promises.
נְשִׂיאִ֣ים וְ֭רוּחַ וְגֶ֣שֶׁם אָ֑יִן אִ֥ישׁ מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ל בְּמַתַּת־שָֽׁקֶר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 20:6Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?
- Luke 14:11Because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
- 2 Pet 2:15Leaving the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor who loved the wages of iniquity,
- 2 Pet 2:19Promising them liberty, whereas they themselves are the slaves of corruption. For by whom a man is overcome, of the same also he is the slave.
- Jude 1:16These are murmurers, full of complaints, walking according to their own desires: and their mouth speaketh proud things, admiring persons, for gain's sake.
- 2 Cor 11:31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for ever, knoweth that I lie not.
- Luke 18:10Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee and the other a publican.
- Luke 18:14I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather than the other: because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.