Proverbs 27:9-11

Common English Bible

⁹ Oil and incense make the heart glad,
    and the sweetness of friends comes from their advice.^[a]
10 Don’t desert your friend or a friend of your family;
    don’t go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes.
    Better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
¹¹ Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
    so I can answer those who insult me.