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Proverbs 27

Prov. 27:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ointment
shemen (Hebrew #8081)
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
KJV usage: anointing, X fat (things), X fruitful, oil((-ed)), ointment, olive, + pine.
Pronounce: sheh'-men
Origin: from 8080
and perfume
qtoreth (Hebrew #7004)
a fumigation
KJV usage: (sweet) incense, perfume.
Pronounce: ket-o'-reth
Origin: from 6999
rejoice
samach (Hebrew #8055)
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
KJV usage: cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, X very.
Pronounce: saw-makh'
Origin: a primitive root
the heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
: so doth the sweetness
metheq (Hebrew #4986)
figuratively, pleasantness (of discourse)
KJV usage: sweetness.
Pronounce: meh'-thek
Origin: from 4985
of a man’s friend
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
λby hearty
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
counsel
`etsah (Hebrew #6098)
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
KJV usage: advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
Pronounce: ay-tsaw'
Origin: from 3289
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from the counsel of the soul.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Ointment.
Prov. 7:17• 17I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. (Prov. 7:17)
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Judg. 9:9• 9{i}And the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to wave over the trees?{/i} (Judg. 9:9)
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Psa. 45:7‑8• 7Thou hast loved righteousness and hated wickedness:{HR}Therefore God, [even] thy God,{HR}Hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
 8Myrrh and aloes [and] cassia [are] all thy garments;{HR}From the palaces of ivory stringed instruments have gladdened thee. (Psa. 45:7‑8)
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Psa. 104:15• 15And wine that gladdeneth man's heart,{HR}To make [his] face shine with oil;{HR}And bread upholdeth man's heart. (Psa. 104:15)
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Psa. 133:2• 2Like the good oil upon the head,{HR}Running down upon the beard, Aaron's beard,{HR}That runneth down to his garment's hem; (Psa. 133:2)
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Song of Sol. 1:3• 3Thine ointments have sweet fragrance;{HR}Thy name [is] ointment poured forth:{HR}Therefore do the virgins love thee. (Song of Sol. 1:3)
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Song of Sol. 3:6• 6Who is this, that [fem.] cometh up out of the wilderness{HR}Like pillars of smoke,{HR}Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,{HR}With all powders of the merchant? (Song of Sol. 3:6)
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Song of Sol. 4:10• 10How fair is thy love, my sister spouse!{HR}How much better is thy love than wine,{HR}And the fragrance of thine ointment than all spices! (Song of Sol. 4:10)
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John 12:3• 3Mary then, having taken a pound of unguent of costly pure nard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odour of the unguent. (John 12:3)
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2 Cor. 2:15‑16• 15Because we are a sweet odour of Christ to God in those to be saved, and in those that perish:
 16to the one an odour from death unto death, but to the others an odour from life unto life; and who [is] sufficient for these things? (2 Cor. 2:15‑16)
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Prov. 15:23• 23A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth,{HR}And a word in season, how good it is! (Prov. 15:23)
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Prov. 16:21,23‑24• 21The wise in heart is called intelligent,{HR}And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
 23The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth,{HR}And addeth learning to his lips.
 24Pleasant words [are as] a honey-comb,{HR}Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. (Prov. 16:21,23‑24)
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Ex. 18:17‑24• 17{i}And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou art doing is not good.{/i}
 18{i}Thou wilt be quite exhausted, both thou and this people that is with thee; for the thing is too heavy for thee: thou canst not perform it alone.{/i}
 19{i}Hearken now to my voice: I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee. Be thou for the people with God, and bring the matters before God;{/i}
 20{i}and teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.{/i}
 21{i}But do thou provide among all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens,{/i}
 22{i}that they may judge the people at all times; and it shall be that they shall bring to thee every great matter, and that they shall judge every small matter, and they shall lighten the task on thee, and they shall bear it with thee.{/i}
 23{i}If thou do this thing, and God command thee so , thou wilt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.{/i}
 24{i}And Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.{/i} (Ex. 18:17‑24)
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1 Sam. 23:16‑17• 16And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
 17{i}And he said to him{/i}, Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee. Thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth. (1 Sam. 23:16‑17)
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Ezra 10:2‑4• 2And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
 3{i}And now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandments of our God; and let it be done according to the law.{/i}
 4{i}Arise, for this matter is incumbent on thee, and we will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.{/i} (Ezra 10:2‑4)
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Acts 28:15• 15And thence the brethren having heard about us came out to meet us as far as Appii Forum and Tres Tabernæ; whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. (Acts 28:15)
by hearty counsel.
Heb. from the counsel of the soul.
• Loving, solicitous counsel on the part of a true friend is as refreshing and stimulating to the soul as oil and perfume are to the body. In a warm, dry atmosphere and an enervating climate like that of Palestine, it was, and is, very soothing and invigorating to be anointed with oil. (“Proverbs Twenty-Seven” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one’s friend is the fruit of hearty counsel.

W. Kelly Translation

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Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart;{HR}So the sweetness of a man’s friend from hearty counsel.