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Proverbs 27:5-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 27:5-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
5 Better an open reprimand
than concealed love.(A)
Proverbs 27:9-10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 27:9-10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
9 Oil(A) and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.[a]
10 Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend,(B)
and don’t go to your brother’s house
in your time of calamity;
better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.(C)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:9 LXX reads heart, but the soul is torn up by affliction
Proverbs 27:14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 27:14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
14 If one blesses his neighbor
with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be counted as a curse to him.
Proverbs 27:17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 27:17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
17 Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:17 Lit and a man sharpens his friend’s face
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