Proverbs 27:10

New Century Version

Don’t forget your friend or your parent’s friend. Don’t always go to your family for help when trouble comes. A neighbor close by is better than a family far away.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:24

Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, also went down to meet King David. Mephibosheth had not cared for his feet, cut his beard, or washed his clothes from the time the king had left Jerusalem until he returned safely.

2 Samuel 19:28

You could have killed all my grandfather’s family. Instead, you put me with those people who eat at your own table. So I don’t have a right to ask anything more from the king!”

2 Samuel 21:7

But the king protected Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the promise he had made to Jonathan in the Lord’s name.

2 Chronicles 24:22

King Joash did not remember Jehoiada’s kindness to him, so Joash killed Zechariah, Jehoiada’s son. Before Zechariah died, he said, “May the Lord see what you are doing and punish you.”

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves you all the time, and a brother helps in time of trouble.

Proverbs 18:24

Some friends may ruin you, but a real friend will be more loyal than a brother.

Proverbs 19:7

Poor people’s relatives avoid them; even their friends stay far away. They run after them, begging, but they are gone.

Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the Lord says: “I was fair to your ancestors, so why did they turn away from me? Your ancestors worshiped useless idols and became useless themselves.

Acts 23:12

In the morning some evil people made a plan to kill Paul, and they took an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed him.

Deuteronomy 22:1

If you see your fellow Israelite’s ox or sheep wandering away, don’t ignore it. Take it back to its owner.