Proverbs 27:14
He that blesseth his friend, with a loud voice, in the morning early, a reproach, shall it be reckoned to him.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
15A continuous dripping on a day of downpour, and a contentious wife, are alike:
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:2And Absolom used to rise up early, and take his stand beside the way of the gate,—and so it was—when any man who had a controversy would come unto the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said: Of what city, art, thou? And he said, Of one of the tribes of Israel, is thy servant. And Absolom said unto him,
2 Samuel 17:7Then said Hushai unto Absolom,—Not good, is the counsel that Ahithophel hath given—at this time.
1 Kings 22:13Now, the messenger who went to call Micaiah, spake unto him, saying, Behold, I pray thee, the words of the prophets, with one mouth, are good, as touching the king, let thy word, I pray thee, be as the word of one of them, so wilt thou speak that which is good.
Acts 12:22And, the populace, began to shout—A god’s, voice, and not, a man’s!
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 →