(A)Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
And a [a]person’s advice is sweet to his friend.
10 Do not abandon your (B)friend or (C)your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your disaster;
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
11 (D)Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
So that I may (E)reply to one who taunts me.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:9 Lit soul’s

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