Loud blessings shouted at sunrise are reckoned as curses by the friend trying to sleep.
Good intentions that curdle at the wrong hour are named in Proverbs 27:14: He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be reckoned a curse to him (v. 14). The image is comic.
The picture is of a man arriving at his friend's house at sunrise, shouting blessings at the top of his lungs: He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning. His intention is friendly. His timing and volume are not.
It will be reckoned a curse to him. The friend, awakened from sleep by loud cheerful shouting, does not feel blessed. He feels assaulted. The verse names the principle that even good things, given at the wrong time and in the wrong manner, function as harms. The wise friend reads the moment. Volume, timing, and tone all matter as much as the substance of what is said.
Proverbs 27:14
14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
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Proverbs 27:14 meaning
Good intentions that curdle at the wrong hour are named in Proverbs 27:14: He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be reckoned a curse to him (v. 14). The image is comic.
The picture is of a man arriving at his friend's house at sunrise, shouting blessings at the top of his lungs: He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning. His intention is friendly. His timing and volume are not.
It will be reckoned a curse to him. The friend, awakened from sleep by loud cheerful shouting, does not feel blessed. He feels assaulted. The verse names the principle that even good things, given at the wrong time and in the wrong manner, function as harms. The wise friend reads the moment. Volume, timing, and tone all matter as much as the substance of what is said.