Better is a neighbor who is really near in heart and spirit, than a brother who though closer by blood, is far off in fe…

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

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.

Your own friend, and your father's friend forsake not
Who have been long tried and proved, and found faithful. These…

Do not depend on a relative for relief, merely for the sake of kinship; apply to those who are nearby and will help in need. But there is a Friend …