Old Testament · VERSE 9

Proverbs 27:9

King James Version

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

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Proverbs 27:9 in context

Proverbs 27:7

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Proverbs 27:8

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

Proverbs 27:9SELECTED VERSE

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

Proverbs 27:10

Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

Proverbs 27:11

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

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