Proverbs 27:9
Perfume and incense make the heart glad, || And the sweetness of one’s friend—from counsel of the soul.
Literal Standard 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
8As a bird wandering from her nest, || So [is] a man wandering from his place.
Cross References
Judges 9:9And the olive says to them, Have I ceased from my fatness, by which they honor gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?
1 Kings 1:12And now, come, please let me counsel you, and deliver your life and the life of your son Solomon;
Psalms 23:5You arrange a table before me, || In front of my adversaries, || You have anointed my head with oil, || My cup is full!
Psalms 104:15And wine—it makes the heart of man glad, || To cause the face to shine from oil, || And bread—it supports the heart of man.
Proverbs 7:17I sprinkled my bed [with] myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Proverbs 16:21For the wise in heart is called intelligent, || And sweetness of lips increases learning.
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 →