Proverbs 27:14
Whosoever shall bless a friend in the morning with a loud voice, 1 Shall seem to differ nothing from one who curses him. 1
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In Context
13Take away the man’s garment (for a scorner has passed by), 1 Whoever lays waste another’s goods. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:2And Absalom rose early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate: and it came to pass that every man who had a cause, came to the king for judgment, and Absalom cried to him, and said to him, 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, This counsel which Ahithophel has counseled this one time is not good.
1 Kings 22:13And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold now, all the prophets speak with one mouth good concerning the king, let now thy words be like the words of one of them, and speak good things.
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 →