OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 11

Proverbs 27:11

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Be wise, my son,

and bring joy to my heart,

then I can answer my tormentor.

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Proverbs 27:8–14

8

As a bird that wanders from her nest,

so is a man who wanders from his home.

9

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;

so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

10

Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.

Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.

A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.

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Be wise, my son,

and bring joy to my heart,

then I can answer my tormentor.

12

A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge;

but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

13

Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger.

Hold it for a wayward woman!

14

He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,

it will be taken as a curse by him.

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