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Proverbs 27:9
Oil and perfume, rejoice the heart, the sweetness of one’s friend, more than fragrant wood.
Proverbs 27:9 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 27:9 in other translations
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
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In context
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but lavished are the kisses of an enemy.
7 The surfeited soul, trampleth upon droppings from the comb, but, to the hungry soul, every bitter thing, is sweet.
8 As a bird wandering from her nest, so, is a man wandering from his place.
9 Oil and perfume, rejoice the heart, the sweetness of one’s friend, more than fragrant wood.
10 Thine own friend and thy father’s friend, do not thou forsake; but, the house of thy brother, do not enter, in thy day of calamity, Better a neighbour near, than a brother far off.
11 Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart, that I may answer him that reproacheth me in a matter.
12 A prudent man, seeth calamity—he hideth himself, the simple, pass on—they suffer.
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