10 Thine own friend and thy father’s friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brother’s [a]house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near, than a brother far off.

11 My son, be wise, and rejoice mine heart, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

12 [b]A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himself: but the foolish go on still, and are punished.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:10 Trust not to any worldly help in the day of thy trouble.
  2. Proverbs 27:12 Read Prov. 22:3.

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