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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 27) Proverbs 27:9 KJV
"Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel."
Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 9
Proverbs 27:9 in Context (Verses 6–12 KJV)
6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.*
7
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.*
8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
9
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.
11
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.