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Proverbs 27:9 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 27 · verse 9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.Proverbs 27:9 · King James Version
Proverbs 27:9 in context
7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
10Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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Key words (Strong's)
- sweetnessmetheqfiguratively, pleasantnessH4986 →
- Ointmentshemengrease, especially liquidH8081 →
- perfumeqᵉṭôretha fumigationH7004 →
- rejoicesâmachprobably to brighten upH8055 →
- friendrêaʻan associateH7453 →
- heartynepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
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Here is, 1. A charge given to be faithful and constant to our friends, our old friends, to keep up an intimacy with them, and to be ready to do them all the offices that lie in our power. It is good to have a friend, a bosom-friend, whom we can be free with, and with whom we may communicate counsels.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-10