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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 27:14

He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice... — If gratitude is to be acceptable, the time, place, and manner of shewing it must all be well chosen. A man who is so eager to express his thanks that he begins early in the morning, and in so loud a voice as to draw upon his patron the attention of all the bystanders, is looked upon as a nuisance; any one would as soon be cursed as blessed by him. So God loves heartfelt gratitude offered in secret. (Comp. Matthew 6:5.)

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See also Proverbs 27:14 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 27:14. _HE THAT BLESSETH HIS FRIEND_] He who makes loud and public protestations of acknowledgments to his friend for favours received, subjects his _sincerity_ to suspicion; and remem...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The picture of the ostentatious flatterer going at daybreak to pour out blessings on his patron. For any good that he does, for any thanks he gets, he might as well utter curses....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    V. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO SOLOMON In the three Chapter s which follow 27-29 we find the change we have noticed before. These proverbs are addressed to a person and the phrases “My son” and the persona...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    A collection of aphorisms on various subjects. PROVERBS 27:3. _cf._ Sir_22:14 f. The comparison suggests that vexation is out of place. It is the fool that is a bore, not his anger. Proverbs 27:4 a...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Ostentatious professions of regard, like the profuse kisses of an enemy (Proverbs 27:6), justly incur the suspicion of sinister design....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HE THAT BLESSETH HIS FRIEND WITH A LOUD VOICE— "He who spends all his time in nothing else but in extravagant praises of his benefactor, rather disparages than commends him." Or, it may be, "He that i...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 27:10-18 10. Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. HE THAT BLESSETH HIS FRIEND WITH A LOUD VOICE (WITH GRANDILOQUENT WORDS AND LOUD EMPH...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Early and loud demonstrativeness is not stable. 'Evening words are not like to morning.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SUNDRY OBSERVATIONS. AGRICULTURE 4. Envy] a husband's jealousy is meant (Song of Solomon 8:6). 5, 6. Men 'hide' (RV) love when they refrain from telling a friend his faults. An enemy will be 'profus...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 27 V1 Do not become proud about your plans for tomorrow. You do not know what will happen tomorrow....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Solomon uses humour here. This stupid man will waken his neighbour. The man wanted to show how cheerful he was. But the neighbour will still be angry. We must think about the probable results of our...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מְבָ֘רֵ֤ךְ רֵעֵ֨הוּ ׀ בְּ קֹ֣ול גָּ֭דֹול בַּ †...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “HEARTY COUNSEL” Proverbs 27:1-22 The keyword in this paragraph is _friends_, Proverbs 27:6; Proverbs 27:9-10; Proverbs 27:14; Proverbs 27:17; Proverbs 19:1-29. Friends, according to the original se...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Verse Proverbs 27:5. This proverb takes for granted the need for rebuke, and by 'love that is hidden" is meant a love which fails to rebuke. Verse Proverbs 27:14. There is nothing more calculated to...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising (f) early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. (f) Hastily and without cause....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _In the night. Or "early in the morning," de nocte, as the Hebrew implies. --- Curseth. His importunity will be equally displeasing. (Haydock) --- Flattery is dangerous, (Calmet) and unworthy of a fre...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. Take his garment tha...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HE THAT BLESSETH HIS FRIEND WITH A LOUD VOICE,.... So as not only to be heard by him, but by others; who is extravagant in his praises and commendations of him; who exceeds all bounds of modesty, trut...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. Ver. 14. _He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice._] _Qui leonum laudibus murem o...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He that blesseth his friend_ That saluteth, praiseth, or applaudeth him to his face, as the manner of flatterers is; _with a loud voice _ That both he and others may be sure to take notice of it; _ri...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    WISDOM AND HUMILITY GO HAND IN HAND...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, in an attempt to appear most friendly and sincere and thus to hide his real feeling, IT SHALL BE COUNTED A CURSE TO HIM, it...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    HERE THE SUBJECT matter is completely changed. No longer is the outside opposition of the enemy found, but any dangers now considered are those arising from the state of our own hearts. This third sec...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HE THAT BLESSETH HIS FRIEND, that saluteth, or praiseth, and applaudeth him to his face, as the manner of flatterers is, WITH A LOUD VOICE, that both he and others may be sure to take notice of it; RI...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 27:14 blesses H1288 (H8764) friend H7453 loud H1419 voice H6963 early H7925 (H8687) morning...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Proverbs 27:1. _Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth._ Let us never boast of future days and years, or what we mean to do when we come to any age, or what sh...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson.) Use the present time with diligence and wisdom and presume not upon tomorrow. We should speak of th...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 27:2. _Let another man praise thee._ A man is sometimes compelled to speak of himself. But modesty often prefers speaking in the third person; as St. John, who says, “that disciple whom Jesus...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him._ THE CURSE OF OSTENTATIOUS FLATTERY Flattery is a species of conduct generally most p...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 27:5. SECRET LOVE. Zöckler and Hitzig understand this love to be that “_which from false consideration dissembles, and does not tell his friend of his faults when it should...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 27:8. PLACE, rather “_home_.” Proverbs 27:9. This verse is obscurely rendered in the English version. Delitzsch translates “_Oil and frankincense rejoice the heart, and the...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 27:1 These verses are grouped in pairs, each two being connected in subject. PROVERBS 27:1 BOAST NOT THYSELF OF TOMORROW. He boasts himself ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring foRuth (Proverbs 27:1). Very good. This is, of course, the idea is taken up in the New Testament book of James. He said, "Go t...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 22:13; 1 Kings 22:6; 2 Samuel 15:2; 2 Samuel 16:16;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE Proverbs 27:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God has given to each of us a life freighted with many privileges and with many opportunities. There is a little verse in the New Testament w...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Blesseth — That praises him to his face. A loud voice — That both he, and others, may be sure to take notice of it. Rising early — To shew his great forwardness. A curse — His friend will value this k...

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