Proverbs 27:10-12 The Message (MSG)

10. Don’t leave your friends or your parents’ friendsand run home to your family when things get rough;Better a nearby friendthan a distant family.

11. Become wise, dear child, and make me happy;then nothing the world throws my way will upset me.

12. A prudent person sees trouble coming and ducks;a simpleton walks in blindly and is clobbered.

Proverbs 27