(A)Better is open rebuke
    than hidden love.
Faithful are (B)the wounds of a friend;
    profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

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

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(A)Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
    and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.[a]
10 Do not forsake your friend and (B)your father's friend,
    and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity.
(C)Better is a neighbor who is near
    than a brother who is far away.

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  1. Proverbs 27:9 Or and so does the sweetness of a friend that comes from his earnest counsel

Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
    but the soul is torn by trouble.[a]
10 Your friend, and your father’s friend, do not forsake;
    and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is near
    than a brother who is far away.

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  1. Proverbs 27:9 Gk: Heb the sweetness of his friend from hearty counsel

14 Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,
    rising early in the morning,
    will be counted as cursing.

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14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,
    rising early in the morning,
    will be counted as cursing.

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17 Iron sharpens iron,
    and one man sharpens another.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 27:17 Hebrew sharpens the face of another

17 Iron sharpens iron,
    and one man sharpens another.

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