Proverbs 27:9-11

Expanded Bible

⁹ The sweet smell of perfume and oils is pleasant,
and so is good advice from a friend.

¹⁰ Don’t ·forget [abandon] your friend or your parent’s friend.
    Don’t always go to your ·family for help [brother] when trouble comes.
A neighbor close by is better than a ·family [brother] far away.

¹¹ Be wise, my child, and make ·me [^Lmy heart] happy.
Then I can respond to any insult.