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Proverbs 27:10

World English Bible

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.

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Proverbs 27:10 in other translations

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.

Proverbs 27:10 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 27:10 in context

  1. 8As a bird that wanders from her nest,
    so is a man who wanders from his home.
  2. 9Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;
    so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
  3. 10Don’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.
  4. 11Be wise, my son,
    and bring joy to my heart,
    then I can answer my tormentor.
  5. 12A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge;
    but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

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