Proverbs 27:10-12

New Life Version

¹⁰ Do not leave your own friend or your father’s friend alone, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your trouble. A neighbor who is near is better than a brother who is far away.

¹¹ Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so I may answer him who puts me to shame.

¹² A wise man sees sin and hides himself, but the fool goes on and suffers for it.