Proverbs 27:5–6
5 Better is eopen rebuke
than hidden love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
Proverbs 27:9–10
9 Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.1
10 fDo not forsake your friend and your father’s friend,
and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is near
than a brother who is far away.
Proverbs 27:14
14 kWhoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,
rising early in the morning,
will be counted as cursing.
Proverbs 27:17
17 mIron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.1
