Proverbs 27:14
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.
Darby Translation
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In Context
13Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
15A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:2And Absalom rose early, and stood beside the way of the gate; and it was so, that when any man who had a controversy had to come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
2 Samuel 17:7And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.
1 Kings 22:13And the messenger that went to call Micah spoke to him saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one assent: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak good.
Acts 12:22And the people cried out, A god's voice and not a man's.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:14
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. This also we had before, ch. xx. 16 . 1. It shows who those are that are hastening to poverty, those that have so little consideration as to be bound for every body that will ask them and those that are given to women. Such as these will take up money as far as ever their credit will go, but they will certainly cheat their creditors at last, nay, they are cheating them all along. An honest man may be made a beggar, but… Read the whole commentary →