Proverbs 27:9
Perfume and scented oils make you feel happy, but good advice from a friend is even better.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
In Context
8Having to leave home is like a bird having to leave its nest.
Cross References
Judges 9:9But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my rich oil that benefits both gods and men just to go and sway to and fro over the trees?’
1 Kings 1:12Let me give you some advice so you can save your life, and that of your son Solomon.
Psalms 23:5You prepare a banquet for me before my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with olive oil. My cup is so full it overflows!
Psalms 104:15and wine to make them happy, olive oil to make their faces shine, and bread to make them strong.
Proverbs 7:17I've sprinkled perfume on my bed—myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Proverbs 16:21If you think wisely you'll be called perceptive; if you speak pleasantly you'll be persuasive.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:9
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. Note, 1. There are many that do not know when they are well off, but are uneasy with their present condition, and given to change. God, in his providence, has appointed them a place fit for them and has made it comfortable to them; but they affect unsettledness; they love to wander; they are glad of a pretence to go abroad, and do not care for staying long at a place; they needlessly absent themselves from their own work and care,… Read the whole commentary →