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Better is reproof that is (A)revealed
Than love that is hidden.
Faithful are the (B)wounds of a friend,
But [a]deceitful are the (C)kisses of an enemy.

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  1. Proverbs 27:6 Or excessive

Better is open rebuke
Than love that is hidden.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

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Better is open rebuke
    than hidden love.

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

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(A)Oil and incense make the heart glad,
So counsel from the [a]soul is sweet to his friend.
10 Do not forsake your (B)friend or (C)your father’s friend,
And do not come to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster;
Better is one who dwells near than a brother far away.

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  1. Proverbs 27:9 Lit soul’s counsel

Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;
So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:
Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

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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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14 (A)He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be counted as a curse to him.

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14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
It shall be counted a curse to him.

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14 If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning,
    it will be taken as a curse.

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17 Iron sharpens iron,
So one man sharpens another.

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

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

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