Proverbs 27:9-11

New American Standard Bible 1995

^9 (A)Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
So a ^[a]man’s counsel is sweet to his friend.
¹⁰ Do not forsake your own ^(B)friend or ^(C)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 far away.
^11 (D)Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
That I may ^(E)reply to him who reproaches me.