Proverbs 27:9–10

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.

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.

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.

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.

Perfume and incense will gladden a heart,

and the pleasantness of one’s friend is personal advice.

As 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.

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.