Proverbs 27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
In other versions
Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man's friend `that cometh' of hearty counsel.
ASV
Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.
BBE
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel.
DBY
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; So does earnest counsel from a man's friend.
WEB
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul.
YLT
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
ENG
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
WBT
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
BSB
In context
7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
10Thine 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.
11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.