Proverbs 27:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁰ Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend, and don’t go to your brother’s house in your time of calamity; better a neighbour nearby than a brother far away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ Your own friend and your father's friend, forsake them not; neither go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near [in spirit] than a brother who is far off [in heart].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Don’t desert your friend or a friend of your family; don’t go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes. Better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ Do not dismiss your friend or your father's friend. And do not enter your brother's house in the day of your affliction. A close neighbor is better than a distant brother.

Proverbs 27:10 Cross References

2 Samuel 19:24

Mephibosheth,  Saul’s grandson, also went down to meet the king. He had not taken care of his feet, trimmed his moustache, or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely.

2 Samuel 19:28

For my grandfather’s entire family deserves death from my lord the king, but you set your servant among those who eat at your table.  So what further right do I have to keep on making appeals to the king? ’

2 Samuel 21:7

David spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul’s son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord that was between David and Jonathan, Saul’s son.

2 Chronicles 24:22

King Joash didn’t remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him, but killed his son. While he was dying, he said, ‘May the Lord see and demand  an account.’

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time.

Proverbs 18:24

One with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

Proverbs 19:7

All the brothers of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends keep their distance from him! He may pursue them with words, but they are not there.

Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the  Lord  says: What fault did your ancestors find in me that they went so far from me, followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?

Acts 23:12

When it was morning, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

Deuteronomy 22:1

‘If you see your brother Israelite’s ox or sheep straying, do not ignore it; make sure you return it to your brother.