SinaiProverbs 27:10
American Standard Version
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
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Proverbs 27:10 in other translations
Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.
Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
Proverbs 27:10 in context
- 8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.
- 9Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
- 10Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
- 11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
- 12A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.