9 Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,
Focused Passage
Proverbs 25:9
Wisdom Before Kings: Hidden Matters, Fitting Words, Faithful Messengers, Enemies, Restraint, and Self-Control
The chapter moves from the historical introduction and royal wisdom, to humility and restraint before kings, to disputes and fitting speech, to faithful and unfaithful communication, to patience and neighborly limits, to mercy toward enemies, and finally to warnings about slander, quarrels, compromise, excess, and the necessity of self-control.
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Verse 9
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Argue רִֽ֭יבְךָ H7379 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | second person masculine singular your case רִ֣יב H7378 Noun - masculine singular with אֶת־ H854 Preposition your neighbor רֵעֶ֑ךָ H7453 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular without אַל־ H408 Adverb betraying תְּגָֽל׃ H1540 Verb - Piel - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular another’s אַחֵ֣ר H312 Adjective - masculine singular confidence וְס֖וֹד H5475 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular