Proverbs 27:14
He that prayseth his friend with a loude voyce, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.
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In Context
13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
15A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:2And Absalom rose vp early, and stoode hard by the entring in of the gate: and euery man that had any matter, and came to the King for iudgement, him did Absalom call vnto him, and sayde, Of what citie art thou? And he answered, Thy seruant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
2 Samuel 17:7Hushai then answered vnto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath giuen, is not good at this time.
1 Kings 22:13And the messenger that was gone to call Michaiah spake vnto him, saying, Beholde now, the wordes of the prophets declare good vnto the King with one accorde: let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like the worde of one of them, and speake thou good.
Acts 12:22And the people gaue a shoute, saying, The voyce of God, and not of 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 →