A moment in scripture
Proverbs 27:10
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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.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 27:8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
- Proverbs 27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
- Proverbs 27:11
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
- Proverbs 27:12
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.