A moment in scripture
Proverbs 27:14
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He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 27:12
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
- Proverbs 27:13
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
- Proverbs 27:16
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.