Proverbs 27:5-6
1599 Geneva Bible
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
6 The wounds of a lover are faithful, and the kisses of an enemy are [a]pleasant.
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- Proverbs 27:6 They are flattering, and seem friendful.
Proverbs 27:9-10
1599 Geneva Bible
9 As 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 thou not: neither enter into thy brother’s [a]house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near, than a brother far off.
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- Proverbs 27:10 Trust not to any worldly help in the day of thy trouble.
Proverbs 27:14
1599 Geneva Bible
14 He that [a]praiseth his friend with a loud voice, rising [b]early in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.
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- Proverbs 27:14 Hebrew, blesseth.
- Proverbs 27:14 Hastily and without cause.
Proverbs 27:17
1599 Geneva Bible
17 Iron sharpeneth iron, so doth [a]man sharpen the face of his friend.
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- Proverbs 27:17 One hasty man provoketh another to anger.
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