Proverbs 27:10
The Scripture
(10) Thine 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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
In this chapter the book continues its teaching on the value of wisdom and the perils of pride, offering the well‑known proverb that a lion is afraid of a lamb and that the wicked will be cut off. It also stresses that true wisdom comes from reverence for the Lord.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
II Samuel 19:24II Samuel 19:28II Samuel 21:7I Kings 12:6I Kings 12:7I Kings 12:8II Chronicles 24:22Isaiah 41:8Isaiah 41:9Isaiah 41:10Jeremiah 2:5Proverbs 19:7
Related verses (shared words)
II Samuel 16:17Proverbs 6:3Luke 11:5Leviticus 18:12Psalms 88:18Jeremiah 6:21