Proverbs 27:8-10

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁸ Like a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who strays from his home.

⁹ Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of a friend’s counsel that comes from the heart.

¹⁰ Your own friend and your father’s friend, forsake them not; neither go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near [in spirit] than a brother who is far off [in heart].