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Proverbs 27:10

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.

KJV

Amicum tuum et amicum patris tui ne dimiseris, et domum fratris tui ne ingrediaris in die afflictionis tuæ. Melior est vicinus juxta quam frater procul.

Vulgate

φίλον σὸν ἢ φίλον πατρῷον μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς, εἰς δὲ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου μὴ εἰσέλθῃς ἀτυχῶν· κρείσσων φίλος ἐγγὺς ἢ ἀδελφὸς μακρὰν οἰκῶν.

LXX

Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

ASV

רֵֽעֲ/ךָ֨ ו/רעה וְ/רֵ֪עַ אָבִ֡י/ךָ אַֽל תַּעֲזֹ֗ב וּ/בֵ֥ית אָחִ֗י/ךָ אַל תָּ֭בוֹא בְּ/י֣וֹם אֵידֶ֑/ךָ ט֥וֹב שָׁכֵ֥ן קָ֝ר֗וֹב מֵ/אָ֥ח רָחֽוֹק

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
ו
v
noun · 629×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
ם
m
noun · 24×
נִי
ny
verb · 212×
נוּ
nv
adjective · 21×
קָר֥וֹב
qrvb
adjective · 75×
רֵעֶ֥ה
r'h
noun · 4×
רָח֑וֹק
rchvq
adjective · 84×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 2:7 — But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
  • 1Kgs 12:6 — And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?
  • 2Sam 9:1 — And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?
  • 2Sam 19:24 — And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again
  • Gen 13:11 — Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
  • Job 6:21 — For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
  • Luke 10:30 — And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
  • Luke 10:32 — And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
  • Luke 10:33 — But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
  • Obad 1:12 — But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neit
  • Prov 17:17 — A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
  • Prov 18:24 — A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
  • Prov 19:7 — All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
  • Ruth 2:22 — And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.