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Clouds and Wind without Rain
Rushing into litigation can end in shame, while wise dispute resolution protects confidences. A word fitted to its setting is compared with crafted precious objects, faithful messengers refresh those who send them, and patience and gentle speech can accomplish what force cannot.
Proverbs pictures a person who boasts about a gift but never gives it as “clouds and wind without rain.” Jude calls the false teachers “clouds…without water.” In both pictures, something looks promising from a distance but produces none of the life-giving good it seemed to promise.
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