10 Do 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.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 27:10
Faithful Friendship, Honest Rebuke, Guarded Praise, Wise Stewardship, and the Testing of the Heart
The chapter moves from humility before tomorrow and restraint in praise, to anger, jealousy, rebuke, and friendship, to appetite and neighborly loyalty, to prudence, surety, and speech timing, to relational sharpening and service, to the heart's reflection and testing by praise, and finally to careful stewardship of flocks, fields, and household provision.
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Verse 10
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Do not אַֽל־ H408 Adverb forsake תַּעֲזֹ֗ב H5800 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular your friend רֵֽעֲךָ֨ H7453 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular or your father’s אָבִ֡יךָ H1 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular friend וְרֵעֶה H7463 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct and do not אַל־ H408 Adverb go תָּ֭בוֹא H935 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular to your brother’s אָחִ֗יךָ H251 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular house וּבֵ֥ית H1004 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct in the day בְּי֣וֹם H3117 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of your calamity אֵידֶ֑ךָ H343 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular better ט֥וֹב H2896 Adjective - masculine singular a neighbor שָׁכֵ֥ן H7934 Noun - masculine singular nearby קָ֝ר֗וֹב H7138 Adjective - masculine singular than a brother מֵאָ֥ח H251 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular far away רָחֽוֹק׃ H7350 Adjective - masculine singular