Proverbs 27:5-11

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁵ Better is open rebuke
    than hidden love.
⁶ Well meant are the wounds a friend inflicts,
    but profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
⁷ The sated appetite spurns honey,
    but to a ravenous appetite even the bitter is sweet.
⁸ Like a bird that strays from its nest
    is one who strays from home.
⁹ Perfume and incense make the heart glad,
    but the soul is torn by trouble.^[a]
10 Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent;
    do not go to the house of your kindred on the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbour who is nearby
    than kindred who are far away.
¹¹ Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
    so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.