Proverbs 27:9-11

Lexham English Bible

⁹ Perfume and incense will gladden a heart,
    and the pleasantness of one’s friend is personal advice.^[a]
10 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.
¹¹ Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
    and I will answer him who reproaches me with a word.