"A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning will be taken as a curse!"(Prov. 27:14,NLT). Someone may be thinking, then must we not greet when we meet our friends at the beginning of a new day? Our text is more of an admonition. Be suspicious and wary of the man who always flatter you with a loud voice and go out of their way to do so. It will turn out to be a curse instead of a blessing. The scripture is an idiom about excessive flattery. It is not to be regarded as genuine and sincere. Be wary of 'friends' who are always singing your praises and never find faults with you. There are friends who are there for benefits, and those who are there to create conflicts. Genuine friends stay with you through the good and bad and may not even give you reasons why they are. They just stick closer than a brother. Beware of people who are always showering you with praises as if you are superhuman with no mistakes. "A lying tongue hates it victims, and flattering words cause ruin". (Prov. 26:28, NLT) Sometimes you must smell a rat to stay away from trouble! AB@TWD...Inspiring Hope!©
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