Perfume and incense make you feel good, and so does good advice from a friend – Proverbs 27:9
Nothing is sweeter
than the frank advice
of a friend offered
out of a loving heart.
Just as perfume pleases
the senses and lifts your spirit
so does sharing your troubles
with someone who cares
the burden is lifted
and the heart is made light.
You can trust your friend
to be honest with you even
if it hurts.
Perfume is sometimes overpowering
almost suffocating like
unwanted advice or those who
deceive or flatter us, telling us
what they think we want to hear
rather than what we need to know.
It is the friend that sticks closer
than a brother or sister
whose counsel is like
a pleasant fragrance to
the soul.
Sources: Bible Gateway; Matthew Henry’s Commentary
