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11 Those who love a pure heart and are gracious in speech
    will have the king as a friend.(A)

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11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace
    will have the king for a friend.(A)

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11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

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24 Make no friends with those given to anger,
    and do not associate with hotheads,

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Saying 3

24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,
    do not associate with one easily angered,

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24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

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26 One who gives an honest answer
    gives a kiss on the lips.

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26 An honest answer
    is like a kiss on the lips.

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26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.

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Well meant are the wounds a friend inflicts,
    but profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

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Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
    but an enemy multiplies kisses.(A)

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Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

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Perfume and incense make the heart glad,
    but the soul is torn by trouble.[a]
10 Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent;
    do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is nearby
    than kindred who are far away.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 27.9 Gk: Heb the sweetness of a friend is better than one’s own counsel

Perfume(A) and incense bring joy to the heart,
    and the pleasantness of a friend
    springs from their heartfelt advice.

10 Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,
    and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster(B) strikes you—
    better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

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Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

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17 Iron sharpens iron,
    and one person sharpens the wits[a] of another.

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Footnotes

  1. 27.17 Heb face

17 As iron sharpens iron,
    so one person sharpens another.

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17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

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Those who keep the law are wise children,
    but companions of gluttons shame their parents.(A)

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A discerning son heeds instruction,
    but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.(A)

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Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

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Whoever flatters a neighbor
    is spreading a net for the neighbor’s feet.

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Those who flatter their neighbors
    are spreading nets for their feet.(A)

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A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

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