“My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.”
Proverbs 27:11 (KJV) |
Proverbs 27:11
From Proverbs 27, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
10
Thine 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.
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My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
12
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
13
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.