5cBetter is open rebuke
than hidden love.
6Faithful are dthe wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
7One who is full loathes ehoney,
but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
8Like fa bird that strays from its nest
is a man who strays from his home.
9gOil and perfume make the heart glad,
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.1
10Do not forsake your friend and hyour father's friend,
and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity.
iBetter is a neighbor who is near
than a brother who is far away.
Footnotes
- 1 27:9 Or and so does the sweetness of a friend that comes from his earnest counsel
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Unlocking Treasure in the Book of Proverbs Proverbs 1:1–31:31 Series • ID: 24301Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.