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Proverbs 27:5-6
Modern English Version
Proverbs 27:5-6
Modern English Version
5 Open rebuke is better
than secret love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Proverbs 27:9-10
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Proverbs 27:9-10
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9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart,
so does the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
nor go into your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
for better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far off.
Proverbs 27:14
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Proverbs 27:14
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14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
it will be counted a curse to him.
Proverbs 27:17
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Proverbs 27:17
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17 Iron sharpens iron,
so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
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