Berean Standard Bible

Proverbs 27:11

“Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.”

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⁹Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.

¹⁰Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

¹¹Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.

¹²The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

¹³Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

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