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Proverbs 27:9-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

9 Perfume and incense make the heart glad,
    but the soul is torn by trouble.[a]
10 Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent;
    do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is nearby
    than kindred who are far away.(A)
11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
    so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.(B)

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  1. 27.9 Gk: Heb the sweetness of a friend is better than one’s own counsel
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