Proverbs 25:14 (BSB)

Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.

From Proverbs 25. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 25:14

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 25:14: He may be said to boast of a false gift, 1. Who pretends to have received or given that which he never had, which he never gave, makes a noise of his great accomplishments and his good services, but it is all false; he is not what he pretends to be. Or, 2.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 25:14: 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 is very vain in making large promises of what he will give, when he does not perform; either not having it in his heart, or in the power of his hands, to give what he promises; Satan like...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 25:14: clouds--literally, "vapors" (Jer 10:13), clouds only in appearance. a false gift--promised, but not given.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 25:14: Whoever boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain. (k) Which have an outward appearance, and are nothing within.