Proverbs 27:9
King James Version (KJV)
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
In context
7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
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.
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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Proverbs 27:9 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
- WEB World English Bible
- Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend — from counsel of the soul.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.