Proverbs 27:10-12

Expanded Bible

¹⁰ Don’t ·forget [abandon] your friend or your parent’s friend.
    Don’t always go to your ·family for help [brother] when trouble comes.
A neighbor close by is better than a ·family [brother] far away.

¹¹ Be wise, my child, and make ·me [^Lmy heart] happy.
Then I can respond to any insult.

¹² The ·wise [prudent] see ·danger [evil; trouble] ahead and avoid it,
but fools ·keep going [go straight to it] and ·get into trouble [or are punished].