Proverbs 25:14
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Cross-reference
Proverbs 20:6 notes many proclaim steadfast love but few are faithful — parallel to the empty boast of a gift never given here.
2 Corinthians 11:13-18 describes false apostles who boast falsely — directly parallel to the empty boast of a promised gift here.
2 Peter 2:15-19 describes false teachers promising freedom they cannot deliver — a clear parallel to boasting of a gift never given.
Jude 1:12 calls false teachers 'waterless clouds' — a direct echo of 'clouds and wind without rain' in this verse.
Jude 1:16 directly condemns 'loud-mouthed boasters', echoing the empty boasting of a gift never given in Proverbs 25:14.
James 4:16 explicitly calls all such boasting evil, directly reinforcing the condemnation of empty boasting in Proverbs 25:14.
Romans 15:18 shows Paul boasting only in Christ's accomplishments, contrasting with the empty boaster who promises what he does not give.
2 Corinthians 10:13 limits boasting to God's assigned area, contrasting the boaster who boasts of a gift never given.
1 Corinthians 4:8 sarcastically notes the Corinthians' self-satisfied boasting, similar to the empty promises condemned in Proverbs 25:14.
Galatians 6:3 warns against self-deception of thinking oneself something when nothing — parallel to the empty boaster's false promise.
1 Timothy 6:4 describes a conceited person who understands nothing, mirroring the empty boaster's boast of a gift never given.