Proverbs 27:14
If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.
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In Context
13Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
15A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:2He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”
2 Samuel 17:7Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
1 Kings 22:13Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
Acts 12:22And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not 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 →