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Proverbs 27

Prov. 27:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thine own friend
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
, and thy father’s
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
friend
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
, forsake
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
not; neither go
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
into thy brother’s
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
in the day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
of thy calamity
'eyd (Hebrew #343)
oppression; by implication misfortune, ruin
KJV usage: calamity, destruction.
Pronounce: ade
Origin: from the same as 181 (in the sense of bending down)
: for better
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
h is a neighbor
shaken (Hebrew #7934)
a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen
KJV usage: inhabitant, neighbour, nigh.
Pronounce: shaw-kane'
Origin: from 7931
that is near
qarowb (Hebrew #7138)
from 7126; near (in place, kindred or time)
KJV usage: allied, approach, at hand, + any of kin, kinsfold(-sman), (that is) near (of kin), neighbour, (that is) next, (them that come) nigh (at hand), more ready, short(-ly).
Pronounce: kaw-robe'
Origin: or qarob {kaw-robe'}
than a brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
far off
rachowq (Hebrew #7350)
from 7368; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
KJV usage: (a-)far (abroad, off), long ago, of old, space, great while to come.
Pronounce: raw-khoke'
Origin: or rachoq {raw-khoke'}
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Prov. 18:24• 24A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. (Prov. 18:24)

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Ministry on This Verse

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2 Sam. 19:24,28• 24And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. Now he had neither washed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
 28For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; and thou didst set thy servant among them that eat at thine own table. What further right therefore have I? and for what should I cry any more to the king? (2 Sam. 19:24,28)
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2 Sam. 21:7• 7But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Jehovah's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. (2 Sam. 21:7)
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1 Kings 12:6‑8• 6And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, How do ye advise to return answer to this people?
 7And they spoke to him saying, If this day thou wilt be a servant to this people, and wilt serve them and answer them and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
 8But he forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, that stood before him. (1 Kings 12:6‑8)
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2 Chron. 24:22• 22And king Joash remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah see and require it! (2 Chron. 24:22)
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Isa. 41:8‑10• 8But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend
 9--thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called from the extremities thereof, and to whom I said, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not rejected thee,
 10--Fear not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. (Isa. 41:8‑10)
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Jer. 2:5• 5Thus saith Jehovah: What injustice have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and become vain? (Jer. 2:5)
neither.
Prov. 19:7• 7All the brethren of a poor man hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him: he pursueth them with words,--they are not to be found. (Prov. 19:7)
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Job 6:21‑23• 21So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid.
 22Did I say, Bring unto me, and make me a present from your substance?
 23Or, rescue me from the hand of the oppressor, and redeem me from the hand of the violent? (Job 6:21‑23)
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Obad. 12‑14• 12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nor have opened wide thy mouth in the day of distress.
 13Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity, nor have looked, even thou, on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither shouldest thou have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;
 14and thou shouldest not have stood on the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape, nor have delivered up those remaining of him in the day of distress. (Obad. 12‑14)
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Prov. 17:17• 17The friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. (Prov. 17:17)
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Prov. 18:24• 24A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. (Prov. 18:24)
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Luke 10:30‑37• 30And Jesus replying said, A certain man descended from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers, who also, having stripped him and inflicted wounds, went away leaving him in a half-dead state.
 31And a certain priest happened to go down that way, and seeing him, passed on on the opposite side;
 32and in like manner also a Levite, being at the spot, came and looked at him and passed on on the opposite side.
 33But a certain Samaritan journeying came to him, and seeing him, was moved with compassion,
 34and came up to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and having put him on his own beast, took him to the inn and took care of him.
 35And on the morrow as he left, taking out two denarii he gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him, and whatsoever thou shalt expend more, *I* will render to thee on my coming back.
 36Which now of these three seems to thee to have been neighbour of him who fell into the hands of the robbers?
 37And he said, He that shewed him mercy. And Jesus said to him, Go, and do *thou* likewise. (Luke 10:30‑37)
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Acts 23:12,23‑35• 12And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.
 23And having called to him certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred light-armed footmen, for the third hour of the night.
 24And he ordered them to provide beasts, that they might set Paul on them and carry him safe through to Felix the governor,
 25having written a letter, couched in this form:
 26Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix, greeting.
 27This man, having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them, I came up with the military and took out of their hands, having learned that he was a Roman.
 28And desiring to know the charge on which they accused him, I brought him down to their council;
 29whom I found to be accused of questions of their law, but to have no charge laid against him making him worthy of death or of bonds.
 30But having received information of a plot about to be put in execution against the man by the Jews, I have immediately sent him to thee, commanding also his accusers to say before thee the things that are against him. Farewell.
 31The soldiers therefore, according to what was ordered them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris,
 32and on the morrow, having left the horsemen to go with him, returned to the fortress.
 33And these, having entered into Caesarea, and given up the letter to the governor, presented Paul also to him.
 34And having read it, and asked of what eparchy he was, and learned that he was of Cilicia,
 35he said, I will hear thee fully when thine accusers also are arrived. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's praetorium. (Acts 23:12,23‑35)
• When grief and calamity fall suddenly, it is far better to have a tried friend like this to turn to, than to be dependent on relations, however near, who may after all lack the heart and affection that marks the other. Time and distance are powerful forces for the weakening of family ties, as many have learned to their sorrow. (“Proverbs Twenty-Seven” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.