Proverbs 27:14
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
King James Version
In Context
13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:2And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
2 Samuel 17:7And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
1 Kings 22:13And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.
Acts 12:22And the people gave a shout, saying, It is 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 →