Proverbs 27:5-6
World English Bible
5 Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
6 The wounds of a friend are faithful,
although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
Proverbs 27:5-6
Christian Standard Bible
5 Better an open reprimand
than concealed love.(A)
Proverbs 27:9-10
World English Bible
9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;
so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
10 Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.
Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
Proverbs 27:9-10
Christian Standard Bible
9 Oil(A) and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.[a]
10 Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend,(B)
and don’t go to your brother’s house
in your time of calamity;
better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.(C)
Footnotes
- 27:9 LXX reads heart, but the soul is torn up by affliction
Proverbs 27:14
World English Bible
14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be taken as a curse by him.
Proverbs 27:14
Christian Standard Bible
14 If one blesses his neighbor
with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be counted as a curse to him.
Proverbs 27:17
World English Bible
17 Iron sharpens iron;
so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
Proverbs 27:17
Christian Standard Bible
17 Iron sharpens iron,
and one person sharpens another.[a]
Footnotes
- 27:17 Lit and a man sharpens his friend’s face
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