Proverbs 27:9-11

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁹ Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of a friend’s counsel that comes from the heart.

¹⁰ Your own friend and your father’s friend, forsake them not; neither go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near [in spirit] than a brother who is far off [in heart].

¹¹ My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me [as having failed in my parental duty].^(A)