9 Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 27:9
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 9
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Oil שֶׁ֣מֶן H8081 Noun - masculine singular and incense וּ֭קְטֹרֶת H7004 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular bring joy יְשַׂמַּֽח־ H8055 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular to the heart לֵ֑ב H3820 Noun - masculine singular and the counsel מֵֽעֲצַת־ H6098 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct of a friend רֵ֝עֵ֗הוּ H7453 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular [is] sweetness וּמֶ֥תֶק H4986 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct to the soul נָֽפֶשׁ׃ H5315 Noun - feminine singular