Proverbs 27:10

Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. 2 Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster: 2 better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother. 1

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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

9Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; 2 so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend. 1

11Be wise, my son, 2 and bring joy to my heart, 2 then I can answer my critics. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 18:24A man of many companions may be ruined, 2 but there is a 'ahav ·affectionate lover, friend· who sticks closer than a brother.

Isaiah 41:8“But you, Israel [God prevails], my servant, 2 Jacob [Supplanter] whom I have chosen, 2 the offspring of Abraham [Father of a multitude] my 'ahav ·affectionate lover, friend·, + 41:8. Quoted in James 2:23 2

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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