Proverbs 27:10
Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better [is] a near neighbour than a brother afar off.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
11Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:28for all the house of my father have been nothing except men of death before my lord the king, and thou dost set thy servant among those eating at thy table, and what right have I any more — even to cry any more unto the king?'
1 Kings 12:6And king Rehoboam consulteth with the elders who have been standing in the presence of Solomon his father, in his being alive, saying, 'How are ye counselling to answer this people?'
2 Chronicles 10:8And he forsaketh the counsel of the aged men that they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, those standing before him,
Job 6:21Surely now ye have become the same! Ye see a downfall, and are afraid.
Proverbs 18:24A man with friends [is] to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!
Isaiah 41:8— And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover,
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 →