Proverbs 27:10
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and when thou art in distress go not into thy brother's house: better is a friend that is near than a brother living far off.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
9The heart delights in ointments and wines and perfumes: but the soul is broken by calamities.
11Son, be wise, that thy heart may rejoice; and remove thou from thyself reproachful words.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:28And he has dealt deceitfully with thy servant to my lord the king: but my lord the king is as an angel of God, and do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
1 Kings 12:6And the king referred the matter to the elders, who stood before Solomon his father while he was yet living, saying, How do ye advise + 12:6 Gr. and I should answer a word, etc.that I should answer this people?
2 Chronicles 10:8But he forsook the advice of the old men, who took counsel with him, and he took counsel with the young men who had been brought up with him, who stood before him.
Job 6:21But ye also have come to me without pity; so that beholding my wound ye are afraid.
Isaiah 41:8But thou, Israel, art my servant Jacob, and he whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraam, whom I have loved:
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:10-11
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. 10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. Here is, 1. A charge given to be faithful and constant to our friends, our old friends, to keep up an intimacy with them, and to be ready to do them all the offices that lie in our power. It is good to have a friend, a bosom-friend,… Read the whole commentary →