Proverbs 27:9 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁹ 6 He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: So doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of a friend's counsel that comes from the heart.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.

Common English Bible

⁹ Oil and incense make the heart glad, and the sweetness of friends comes from their advice.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Ointment and various perfumes delight the heart. And the good advice of a friend is sweet to the soul.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.

Proverbs 27:9 Cross References

1 Kings 1:12

7 She answered and said: My lord, thou didst swear to thy handmaid by the Lord thy God, saying: Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.

Psalm 104:15

2 The sun ariseth, and they are gathered together: and they shall lie down in their dens.

Psalm 133:2

Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is good: sing ye to his name, for it is sweet.

Psalm 141:5

In his sight I pour out my prayer, and before him I declare my trouble:

Psalm 23:5

This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.

Proverbs 15:23

0 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the soul: a good name maketh the bones fat.

Proverbs 16:21

8 A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.

Proverbs 7:17

4 Now therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Song of Solomon 1:3

1 We will make thee chains of gold, inlaid with silver.

Song of Solomon 3:6

Thy lips are as a scarlet lace: and thy speech sweet. Thy cheeks are as a piece of a pomegranate, besides that which lieth hid within.

Song of Solomon 4:10

I sleep, and my heart watcheth; the voice of my beloved knocking: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is full of dew, and my locks of the drops of the nights.

John 12:3

1 Because many of the Jews, by reason of him, went away, and believed in Jesus.

Acts 28:15

3 And when they had appointed him a day, there came very many to him unto his lodgings; to whom he expounded, testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, out of the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning until evening.

Judges 9:9

4 And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us.