Proverbs 27:10
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Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother afar off.

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2 Samuel 19:24,28 And Miphiboseth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and he had neither washed his feet, nor trimmed his beard: nor washed his garments from the day that the king went out, until the day of his return in peace. . . .

2 Samuel 21:7 And the king spared Miphiboseth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord, that had been between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

1 Kings 12:6-8 King Roboam took counsel with the old men, that stood before Solomon, his father, while he yet lived, and he said: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people? . . .

2 Chronicles 24:22 And king Joas did not remember the kindness that Joiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. And when he died, he said: The Lord see, and require it.

Isaiah 41:8-10 But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend: . . .

Jeremiah 2:5 Thus saith the Lord: What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

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Proverbs 19:7 The brethren of the poor man hate him: moreover also his friends have departed far from him. He that followeth after words only, shall have nothing.

Job 6:21-23 Now you are come: and now, seeing my affliction, you are afraid. . . .

Obadiah 1:12-14 In the day when thou stoodest against him, when strangers carried away his army captive, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem: thou also wast as one of them. . . .

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Proverbs 17:17 He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.

Proverbs 18:24 A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother.

Luke 10:30-37 And Jesus answering, said: A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers, who also stripped him and having wounded him went away, leaving him half dead. . . .

Acts 23:12,23 And when day was come, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they killed Paul. . . .

Context
Do not Boast about Tomorrow
9Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul. 10Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother afar off.11Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:1
Thou shalt not pass by if thou seest thy brother's ox, or his sheep go astray: but thou shalt bring them back to thy brother.

1 Kings 12:6
King Roboam took counsel with the old men, that stood before Solomon, his father, while he yet lived, and he said: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people?

2 Chronicles 10:6
He took counsel with the ancients, who had stood before his father Solomon, while he yet lived, saying: What counsel give you to me, that I may answer the people?

Proverbs 18:24
A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother.

Lexicon
Do not
אַֽל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

forsake
תַּעֲזֹ֗ב (ta·‘ă·zōḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

your friend
רֵֽעֲךָ֨ (rê·‘ă·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

or your father’s
אָבִ֡יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

friend,
וְרֵ֪עַ (wə·rê·a‘)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7463: Evil, misery, distress, injury

and do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

go
תָּ֭בוֹא (tā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to your brother’s
אָחִ֗יךָ (’ā·ḥî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

house
וּבֵ֥ית (ū·ḇêṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

in the day
בְּי֣וֹם (bə·yō·wm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

of your calamity;
אֵידֶ֑ךָ (’ê·ḏe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 343: Oppression, misfortune, ruin

better
ט֥וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

a neighbor
שָׁכֵ֥ן (šā·ḵên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7934: A resident, a fellow-citizen

nearby
קָ֝ר֗וֹב (qā·rō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7138: Near

than a brother
מֵאָ֥ח (mê·’āḥ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

far away.
רָחֽוֹק׃ (rā·ḥō·wq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7350: Remote, of place, time, precious


Additional Translations
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.Your own friend, and your father's friend, forsake not; neither go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

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.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and when thou art in distress go not into thy brother's house: better is a friend that is near than a brother living far off.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

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 neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

Thy 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 neighbor that is near, than a brother far off.

Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better is a near neighbour than a brother afar off.
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