With Elation or Pride he is also associate, Which puffeth up his senses with presumption pestilent; Then Greedy-gut maketh them continually to grate On the mock of this world, which he thinketh permanent.
Let their desires run out after that knowledge, not which puffeth up,--for there is a knowledge which puffeth up, 1 Cor.
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffethat them.
A discourse of riches, at the most, can but direct them how to grow rich; a discourse of honours usually puffeth up the minds of the ambitious: and if it could advance the auditors to honour, the fruit would be a vanity little to be desired.
And how much it puffeth up is evident from the pedantic documents which used to issue from the facile pen of his majesty the late first king.
Thus far there has come only the knowledge which "puffeth up.
Knowledge humbleth the great man, astonisheth the common man, and puffethup the little man.
Learning puffeth men up; words are but wind, and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffethat him.
In the others it is rampant, and most truly "puffeth up," as St. Paul said of it.
Swift as the thrust of a spear comes flashing 'Knowledge puffeth up.
Grace doth not swell men above others; it is gifts, such as knowledge, that puffeth up; charity or love puffeth not up.
Knowledge puffeth up," or because one uses the knowledge of truth in order to sin.
He that boasteth, and puffeth himself, stirreth up quarrels.
He that boasteth andpuffeth up himself, stirreth up quarrels.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "puffeth" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
