Topic
Ostentation
3 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Proverbs 25:14Nave In prayer and almsgiving
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
- Proverbs 27:2Nave In prayer and almsgiving
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
- Matthew 6:1Nave In prayer and almsgiving
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.