King James Version (KJV)
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.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 27
8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
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.
11
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
12
A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.