Proverbs 27:14
He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, 2 it will be taken as a curse by him. 1
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13Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. 2 Hold it for a wayward woman! 1
15A continual dropping on a rainy day 2 and a contentious wife are alike: 1
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 →