14 Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 25:14
Wisdom Before Kings: Hidden Matters, Fitting Words, Faithful Messengers, Enemies, Restraint, and Self-Control
The chapter moves from the historical introduction and royal wisdom, to humility and restraint before kings, to disputes and fitting speech, to faithful and unfaithful communication, to patience and neighborly limits, to mercy toward enemies, and finally to warnings about slander, quarrels, compromise, excess, and the necessity of self-control.
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Verse 14
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[Like] clouds נְשִׂיאִ֣ים H5387 Noun - masculine plural and wind וְ֭רוּחַ H7307 Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular without אָ֑יִן H369 Adverb rain וְגֶ֣שֶׁם H1653 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular [is] the man אִ֥ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular who boasts מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ל H1984 Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular of gifts בְּמַתַּת־ H4991 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct never given שָֽׁקֶר׃ H8267 Noun - masculine singular