11 (A)He who loves purity of heart
And has grace on his lips,
The king will be his friend.

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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 friendship with an angry man,
And with a (A)furious man do not go,

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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 He who gives a right answer kisses the lips.

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

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Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But the kisses of an enemy are (A)deceitful.

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

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Ointment and perfume delight the heart,
And the sweetness of a man’s friend gives delight by [a]hearty counsel.

10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
(A)Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:9 Lit. counsel of the soul

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 As iron sharpens iron,
So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

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

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Whoever keeps the law is a discerning son,
But a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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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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A man who (A)flatters his neighbor
Spreads a net for his feet.

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

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