Proverbs 27:5-10 Modern English Version (MEV)

5. Open rebuke is betterthan secret love.

6. Faithful are the wounds of a friend,but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

7. The full soul loathes a honeycomb,but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

8. As a bird that wanders from her nest,so is a man who wanders from his place.

9. Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart,so does the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

10. Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,nor go into your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;for better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far off.

Proverbs 27