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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 27, Verse 6

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Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
King James Version
Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.
American Standard Version
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
New English Translation
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.
World English Bible
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
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The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
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As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
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Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
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.
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My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
12
A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
13
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
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A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
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Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].