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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 27, Verse 9

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As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
King James Version
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
American Standard Version
Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man's friend [that cometh] of hearty counsel.
New English Translation
Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one’s friend from sincere counsel.
World English Bible
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.
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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.
14
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].
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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
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As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.