Proverbs 27:9

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What does Proverbs 27:9 mean?

Proverbs 27:9 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Proverbs 27:9

• Proverbs 16:23-24

  The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

• Proverbs 16:21

  The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

• Psalms 23:5

  Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

• Proverbs 15:23

  A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

• Psalms 104:15

  And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.

• 2 Corinthians 2:15-16

  For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

• Song of Solomon 4:10

  How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

• Psalms 45:7-8

  Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

• John 12:3

  Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

• Psalms 133:2

  It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

• Song of Solomon 3:6

  Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

• Judges 9:9

  But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

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Context

• Proverbs 27:8

  As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

• Proverbs 27:9

  Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

• Proverbs 27:10

  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.

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