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Proverbs 27:10

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10Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,

and do not go to your relative’s house when disasterh strikes you—

better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

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Cross references

  1. hSee Pr 17:17

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.