Bible verses · Proverbs · KJV
Proverbs 27:9
“Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.”
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“Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.”Proverbs 27:9
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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.
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More verses from Proverbs
Proverbs 27:2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.Proverbs 27:5Open rebuke is better than secret love.Proverbs 27:7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.Proverbs 27:11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.Proverbs 27:17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.Proverbs 27:19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
In Latin · Latin Vulgate (Clementine)
“Unguento et variis odoribus delectatur cor, et bonis amici consiliis anima dulcoratur.”Proverbia 27:9
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