Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 27:9 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so {doth} the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. {by...: Heb. from the counsel of the soul}”
Proverbs 27:9
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. {loatheth: Heb. treadeth under foot}
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so {is} a man that wandereth from his place.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so {doth} the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. {by...: Heb. from the counsel of the soul}
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.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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