Proverbs 27:5-6
Legacy Standard Bible
5 Better is reproof that is (A)revealed
Than love that is hidden.
6 Faithful are the (B)wounds of a friend,
But [a]deceitful are the (C)kisses of an enemy.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:6 Or excessive
Proverbs 27:5-6
Lexham English Bible
5 Better a rebuke that is open
than a love that is hidden.
6 The wounds of a friend mean well,
but the kisses of an enemy are profane.
Proverbs 27:9-10
Legacy Standard Bible
9 (A)Oil and incense make the heart glad,
So counsel from the [a]soul is sweet to his friend.
10 Do not forsake your (B)friend or (C)your father’s friend,
And do not come to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster;
Better is one who dwells near than a brother far away.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:9 Lit soul’s counsel
Proverbs 27:9-10
Lexham English Bible
9 Perfume and incense will gladden a heart,
and the pleasantness of one’s friend is personal advice.[a]
10 As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake them,
and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity.
Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:9 Literally “because of advice of a person”
Proverbs 27:14
Legacy Standard Bible
14 (A)He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be counted as a curse to him.
Proverbs 27:14
Lexham English Bible
14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice
early in the morning,
a curse will be reckoned to him.
Proverbs 27:17
Legacy Standard Bible
17 Iron sharpens iron,
So one man sharpens another.
Proverbs 27:17
Lexham English Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:17 Or “is united with”
- Proverbs 27:17 Literally “a man sharpens the faces of his friend”
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