Verse 2
Proverbs 27:2
Bible in Basic English
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Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.
Original Language Text
hebrew
יְהַלֶּלְ/ךָ֣ זָ֣ר וְ/לֹא פִ֑י/ךָ נָ֝כְרִ֗י וְ/אַל שְׂפָתֶֽי/ךָ
English Translation
Let a stranger praise you, and not your own mouth; a foreigner, and not your own lips.
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Chapter 27 Context
1
Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.
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Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.
3
A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight th...
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4
Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?
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5
Better is open protest than love kept secret.
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6
The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.
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7
The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.
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8
Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.
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9
Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.
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10
Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the...
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11
My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to sham...
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12
The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
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13
Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from...
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He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have...
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15
Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.
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16
He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.
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17
Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.
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Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured...
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19
Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.
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20
The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.
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21
The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praise...
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22
Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish wa...
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23
Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;
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24
For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.
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25
The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.
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26
The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field:
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27
There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.
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