Proverbs 27:10
Thine own re'a (friend), 1 and the re'a avicha, forsake not; 1 neither go into thy brotherʼs bais in the yom of thy calamity; 1 for better is a shakhen (neighbor) that is near than a brother far off. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11Beni (my son), be chacham, and make my lev glad, 1 that I may answer my accusers. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:28And he hath slandered thy eved unto adoni HaMelech; but adoni HaMelech is like malach HaElohim; do therefore what is tov in thine eyes.
1 Kings 12:6And HaMelech Rechav'am consulted with the Zekenim, that stood before Sh'lomo Aviv while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may return answer to HaAm Hazeh?
2 Chronicles 10:8But he forsook the Atzat HaZekenim they gave him, and took counsel with the yeladim that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
Job 6:21For now ye are become such; 1 ye see my chatat (casting down), and are afraid. 1
Proverbs 18:24An ish of many companions may come to ruin, 1 but there is an ohev (friend) that sticketh closer than a brother.
Isaiah 41:8But thou, Yisroel, art Avdi, 1 Ya'akov whom I have chosen, 1 the zera Avraham Ohavi (My friend). 1
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 →