Proverbs 27:10-12

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Don’t desert your friend or a friend of your family;
    don’t go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes.
    Better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
¹¹ Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
    so I can answer those who insult me.
¹² Prudent people see evil and hide;
    the simpleminded go right to it and get punished.