Proverbs 27:14
If when you get up every morning you shout a loud hello to your neighbors, they will see that as a curse!
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15An argumentative wife is as irritating as constant dripping on a rainy day.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:2He used to get up early and stand by the main road that led to the city gate. When people brought a case to the king for his decision, Absalom would call out and ask them, “What town are you from?” If they replied, “Your servant is from this particular tribe of Israel,”
2 Samuel 17:7“For once Ahithophel's advice isn't good,” Hushai replied.
1 Kings 22:13The messenger who went to call Micaiah told him, “Look, all the prophets are unanimous in prophesying positively to the king. So please make sure to speak positively like them.”
Acts 12:22The audience shouted in response, “This is the voice of a god, not that 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 →