Proverbs 27:9-11

New King James Version

⁹ Ointment and perfume delight the heart,
And the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by ^[a]hearty counsel.

¹⁰ Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
^(A)Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

¹¹ My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,
^(B)That I may answer him who reproaches me.