Proverbs 27:9-11

New Life Version

⁹ Oil and perfume make the heart glad, so are a man’s words sweet to his friend.

¹⁰ Do not leave your own friend or your father’s friend alone, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your trouble. A neighbor who is near is better than a brother who is far away.

¹¹ Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so I may answer him who puts me to shame.