Teks -- Proverbs 27:14 (NET)

27:14 If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.

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Wesley: Pro 27:14 - Blesseth

That praises him to his face.

Wesley: Pro 27:14 - A loud voice

That both he, and others, may be sure to take notice of it.

Wesley: Pro 27:14 - Rising early

To shew his great forwardness.

Wesley: Pro 27:14 - A curse

His friend will value this kind of blessing no more than a curse.

JFB: Pro 27:14

Excessive zeal in praising raises suspicions of selfishness.

Clarke: Pro 27:14 - He that blesseth his friend

He that blesseth his friend - He who makes loud and public protestations of acknowledgments to his friend for favors received, subjects his sincerity to suspicion; and remember the Italian proverb elsewhere quoted: - "He who praises you more than he was wont to do, has either deceived you, or is about to do it."Extravagant public professions are little to be regarded.

TSK: Pro 27:14 - He that

He that : 2Sa 15:2-7, 2Sa 16:16-19, 2Sa 17:7-13; 1Ki 22:6, 1Ki 22:13; Jer 28:2-4; Act 12:22, Act 12:23

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Poole: Pro 27:14 - He that blesseth his friend // with a loud voice // it shall be counted a curse to him

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;

rising early in the morning to perform this office, to show his great forwardness, and diligence, and zeal in his service, which was the custom of the Romans afterward, and possibly of some of the Jews at this time;

it shall be counted a curse to him his friend will value this kind of blessing no more than a curse, because it plainly discovers a base design, and is a high reflection upon him, as if he either did not understand such gross and palpable flattery, or were so ridiculously vain-glorious as to be pleased with it.

Haydock: Pro 27:14 - In the night // Curseth

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 free man. (Cicero, de Amic.)

Gill: Pro 27:14 - 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,.... 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, truth, and decency; who affects pompous words, and hyperbolical expressions; and shows himself to be a real sycophant and flatterer, having some sinister end to serve by it;

rising early in the morning; lest any should be before him, and get the benefit he seeks by his flattery; or as if he had not time enough in the day to finish his encomium, unless he began early in the morning, and continued it all the day; and so it denotes his being incessant at this work, always harping on this string, or expressing himself in this adulatory way; or, as some think, this is mentioned as an aggravation of his sin, that he should be acting this low, mean, and criminal part, when he should be employed in devotion and prayer to God;

it shall be counted a curse to him; either to the flatterer, by his friend whom he blesses, and by all wise men that hear him, who will despise him all one as if he cursed him: the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, render it to this sense, that such an one nothing differs, or nothing seems to differ, from one that curses: or else to the person blessed, whom others will curse or however detract from his character, because of the profuse praises bestowed upon him; nay, sometimes God himself curses such a man, who listens to, is fond of, and receives the fulsome flatteries of wicked men, as in the case of Herod, Act 12:22.