Proverbs 27:9
Putting olive oil and perfume on a person’s skin causes him to feel good, but having a friend who gives good advice is even better.
Translation for Translators
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
8Anyone who wanders far from his home/family is like [SIM] a bird that is far from its nest.
Cross References
Judges 9:9“But the olive tree said, ‘No! I will not be your king Men and gods enjoy the oil from my fruit. I will not [RHQ] stop producing olives from which we make that oil, in order to rule over you other trees!’
1 Kings 1:12So if you want to save yourself and your son Solomon from being killed, allow me to tell you what you should do.
Psalms 23:5You prepare a great feast for me, in a place where my enemies can see me. You joyfully receive me, as people joyfully receive the guests they have invited by pouring olive oil over their heads. You have given me very many blessings!
Psalms 104:15We get grapes to make [MTY] wine to drink and make us cheerful, and we get olives to make [MTY] olive oil to put on our skin and cause it to shine, and we get grain to make [MTY] bread to give us strength.
Proverbs 7:17I have sprinkled sweet-smelling perfumes on my bed— myrrh and aloes and cinnamon.
Proverbs 16:21People say that those who are wise learn what is right/good behavior, and those who talk pleasantly are able to influence others to do what is right.
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 →