Proverbs 27:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ Whoever blesses a neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ The flatterer who loudly praises and glorifies his neighbor, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted as cursing him [for he will be suspected of sinister purposes].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Greeting a neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning will be viewed as a curse.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ Whoever blesses his neighbor with a grand voice, rising in the night, shall be like one who curses.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.

Proverbs 27:14 Cross References

1 Kings 22:13

The messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king; let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.”

1 Kings 22:6

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred of them, and said to them, “Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?” They said, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”

Psalm 12:2

They utter lies to each other; with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.

Proverbs 27:15

A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike;