Proverbs 27:10 References
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Do not forsake your own afriend or byour father's friend, And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
b 1 Kings 12:6-8, 2 Chronicles 10:6-8
1 Kings 12
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King Rehoboam aconsulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, "How do you counsel me to answer this people?"
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Then they spoke to him, saying, "aIf you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."
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But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him.
2 Chronicles 10
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Then King Rehoboam aconsulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, "How do you counsel me to answer this people?"