Proverbs 27:14
He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
15Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:2And Absalom rising up early stood by the entrance of the gate, and when any man had business to come to the king's judgment, Absalom called him to him, and said: Of what city art thou? He answered, and said: Thy servant is of such a tribe of Israel.
2 Samuel 17:7And Chusai said to Absalom: The counsel that Achitophel hath given this time is not good.
1 Kings 22:13And the messenger, that went to call Micheas, spoke to him, saying: Behold the words of the prophets with one month declare good things to the king: let thy word therefore be like to theirs, and speak that which is good.
Acts 12:22And the people made acclamation, saying: It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
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 →