^{9 Ref} Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

^{10 Ref} Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.

^{11 Ref} My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

^{9 Ref} Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

^{10 Ref} 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.

^{11 Ref} My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

^{9 Ref} Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul.

^{10 Ref} Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better `is' a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

^{11 Ref} Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.