Proverbs 27:10

Thine own friend and thy father's friend forsake not; And go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity. Better is a neighbor that is near, than a brother far off.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9Oil and perfume gladden the heart; Sweet also is one's friend by hearty counsel.

11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, That I may give an answer to him that reproacheth me.

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Cross References

Job 6:21So ye also are nothing; Ye see a terror, and shrink back.

Proverbs 18:24A man of many friends will show himself false; Yet there is a friend who sticketh closer than a brother.

Isaiah 41:8But thou, O Israel, my servant, Thou, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Offspring of Abraham, my friend!

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 →

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