Charles Ellicott Commentary Proverbs 27:10

"Thine own friend, and thy father`s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother`s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off." — Proverbs 27:10 (ASV)

Better is a neighbour that is near. See above on Proverbs 17:17; Proverbs 18:24. “Near” and “far off”—i.e., in feeling.