Proverbs 27
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Proverbs 27:7-10

7A satedH7649 1manH5315 2loathesH947 honeyH5317, But to a famishedH7457 3manH5315 anyH3605 bitterH4751 thingH4751 is sweetH4966.8Like a 4birdH6833 that wandersH5074 from her nestH7064, SoH3651 is a manH376 who 5wandersH5074 from his 6homeH4725.97OilH8081 and perfumeH7004 makeH8055 the heartH3820 gladH8055, So a 8man’sH5315 counselH6098 is sweetH4986 to his friendH7453.10Do not forsakeH5800 your own 9friendH7453 or 10your father’sH1 friendH7453, And do not goH935 to your brother’sH251 houseH1004 in the dayH3117 of your calamityH343; BetterH2896 is a neighborH7934 who is nearH7138 thanH4480 a brotherH251 farH7350 away.

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Notes

  1. 1. Proverbs 27:7 Lit soul ↩
  2. 2. Proverbs 27:7 Lit tramples on ↩
  3. 3. Proverbs 27:7 Lit soul ↩
  4. 4. Proverbs 27:8 Prov 26:2; Is 16:2 ↩
  5. 5. Proverbs 27:8 Gen 21:14 ↩
  6. 6. Proverbs 27:8 Lit place ↩
  7. 7. Proverbs 27:9 Ps 23:5; 141:5 ↩
  8. 8. Proverbs 27:9 Lit soul’s ↩
  9. 9. Proverbs 27:10 Prov 18:24 ↩
  10. 10. Proverbs 27:10 1 Kin 12:6-8; 2 Chr 10:6-8 ↩

Commentaries on Proverbs 27

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