2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 27:2
Faithful Friendship, Honest Rebuke, Guarded Praise, Wise Stewardship, and the Testing of the Heart
The chapter moves from humility before tomorrow and restraint in praise, to anger, jealousy, rebuke, and friendship, to appetite and neighborly loyalty, to prudence, surety, and speech timing, to relational sharpening and service, to the heart's reflection and testing by praise, and finally to careful stewardship of flocks, fields, and household provision.
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Verse 2
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Let anotherזָ֣רH2114Adjective - masculine singularpraise youיְהַלֶּלְךָ֣H1984Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singularand notוְלֹא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleyour own mouthפִ֑יךָH6310Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singulara strangerנָ֝כְרִ֗יH5237Adjective - masculine singularand notוְאַל־H408Conjunctive waw | Adverbyour own lipsשְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃H8193Noun - feminine dual construct | second person masculine singular