Proverbs 27:14 (YLT)

Passage

Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.

Nearby Context

Proverbs 27:12 The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

Proverbs 27:13 Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

Proverbs 27:14 Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.

Proverbs 27:15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

Proverbs 27:16 Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "whoso", "saluting", "friend", "loud", "voice", "morning", and "rising". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "whoso", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Take his garment when a stranger hath..." into verse 15's "A continual dropping in a day of...", so "light" and "whoso" belong inside that flow. In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "light" and "whoso" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.