Proverbs 27:10-12

World English Bible

¹⁰ Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.
    Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
    A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
¹¹ Be wise, my son,
    and bring joy to my heart,
    then I can answer my tormentor.
¹² A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge;
    but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.