2 Let 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 another זָ֣ר H2114 Adjective - masculine singular praise you יְהַלֶּלְךָ֣ H1984 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular and not וְלֹא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle your own mouth פִ֑יךָ H6310 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular a stranger נָ֝כְרִ֗י H5237 Adjective - masculine singular and not וְאַל־ H408 Conjunctive waw | Adverb your own lips שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃ H8193 Noun - feminine dual construct | second person masculine singular