Proverbs 27:5-6
21st Century King James Version
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
6 Faithful are the wounds from a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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Proverbs 27:5-6
American Standard Version
5 Better is open rebuke
Than love that is hidden.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
Proverbs 27:9-10
21st Century King James Version
9 Ointment and perfume make the heart rejoice; so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by counsel from the heart.
10 Thine own friend and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go to thy brother’s 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 27:9-10
American Standard Version
9 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.
Proverbs 27:14
21st Century King James Version
14 He that, rising early in the morning, blesseth his friend with a loud voice: it shall be counted as a curse to him.
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Proverbs 27:14
American Standard Version
14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
It shall be counted a curse to him.
Proverbs 27:17
21st Century King James Version
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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Proverbs 27:17
American Standard Version
17 Iron sharpeneth iron;
So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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