Proverbs 27:9–10
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9Perfume and incense will gladden a heart,
and the pleasantness of one’s friend is personal advice.d
10As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake them,
and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity.
Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.
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- dLiterally “because of advice of a person”
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In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend,
and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is near
than a brother who is far away.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the pleasantness of a friend
springs from their heartfelt advice.
Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,
and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you—
better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.
Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend,
and don’t go to your brother’s house
in your time of calamity;
better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
The heartfelt counsel of a friend
is as sweet as perfume and incense.
Never abandon a friend—
either yours or your father’s.
When disaster strikes, you won’t have to ask your brother for assistance.
It’s better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart:
So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
Neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:
For better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
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