6Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.


In Context

3 Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.

4 Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.

7 He who is full loathes honey, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.

8 Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.

Proverbs 27:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:6Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:6Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:6Faithful are the wounds of a friend: but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:6Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.