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Proverbs 27:9-10

Listen to Proverbs 27:9-10
9 1Oil and perfume make the heart glad, So a man's counsel is sweet to his friend.
10 Do not forsake your own 2friend or 3your father's friend, And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

Proverbs 27:9-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 14

This chapter relates the sickness of Jeroboam's son, the application of his wife, at his instance, to the prophet Ahijah, in the child's favour, 1Ki 14:1-6, the prophecy of the prophet concerning the ruin of Jeroboam's house, and the death of the child, which came to pass, 1Ki 14:7-18, an account of the years of Jeroboam's reign, and also of Rehoboam's, 1Ki 14:19-21, and of the evil things done and suffered by the latter in his kingdom, and the calamities that came upon him for it, 1Ki 14:22-28 and the conclusion of his reign, 1Ki 14:29-31.

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Cross References 3

  • 1. Psalms 23:5; Psalms 141:5
  • 2. Proverbs 18:24
  • 3. 1 Kings 12:6-8; 2 Chronicles 10:6-8

Footnotes 1

  • [a] Lit "soul's"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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