Proverbs 27:5-11

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵ Better is open rebuke
    than hidden love.
⁶ Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
    profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
⁷ He who is sated loathes honey,
    but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
⁸ Like a bird that strays from its nest,
    is a man who strays from his home.
⁹ Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
    but the soul is torn by trouble.^[a]
10 Your friend, and your father’s friend, do not forsake;
    and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is near
    than a brother who is far away.
¹¹ Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
    that I may answer him who reproaches me.