10Do 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 notאַֽל־H408Adverbforsakeתַּעֲזֹ֗בH5800Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularyour friendרֵֽעֲךָ֨H7453Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularor your father’sאָבִ֡יךָH1Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularfriendוְרֵעֶהH7463Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructand do notאַל־H408Adverbgoתָּ֭בוֹאH935Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularto your brother’sאָחִ֗יךָH251Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularhouseוּבֵ֥יתH1004Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructin the dayבְּי֣וֹםH3117Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof your calamityאֵידֶ֑ךָH343Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularbetterט֥וֹבH2896Adjective - masculine singulara neighborשָׁכֵ֥ןH7934Noun - masculine singularnearbyקָ֝ר֗וֹבH7138Adjective - masculine singularthan a brotherמֵאָ֥חH251Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singularfar awayרָחֽוֹק׃H7350Adjective - masculine singular