SinaiProverbs 27:9
American Standard Version
Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
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Proverbs 27:9 in other translations
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;
so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
Proverbs 27:9 in context
- 7The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
- 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.