Proverbs 27:14
He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,it will be taken as a curse by him.
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13Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger.Hold it for a wayward woman!
15A continual dropping on a rainy dayand a contentious wife are alike:
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:2Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. It was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, "What city are you from?"He said, "Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel."
2 Samuel 17:7Hushai said to Absalom, "The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good."
1 Kings 22:13The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, "See now, the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak good."
Acts 12:22The people shouted, "The voice of a god, and not 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 →