Charles Spurgeon 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)

Neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

It is very sad that it should be so; but, sometimes, our nearest relatives are the farthest off, and those who ought to help us the most help us least. Many a man has had kindness shown to him by his neighbour, who was only a stranger, when he has had little or no kindness from his own relatives.

But there is one Brother into whose house we may always go. So near of kin he is to us, and so loving of heart, that he never thinks a hard thought of us; but, the more we ask of him, the more delighted he is with us, and is only grieved with us because we limit ourselves in our prayers.

Your own friend, and your father's friend, forsake not;

Have few friends, but stick closely to them. Above all, cleave closely to that Friend that sticketh closer than a brother. If he is your own Friend, and your father's Friend, never forsake HIM.

Forsake all the world for him, but do not let all the world induce you to forsake him.