Proverbs 27:9-13

Oil and perfume make the heart glad, And a person’s advice is sweet to his friend.

Do not abandon your friend or your father’s friend, And do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your disaster; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, So that I may reply to one who taunts me.

A prudent person sees evil and hides himself; But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty.

Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger; And for a foreign woman seize a pledge from him.