He said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord.” So he had him ride in his chariot.
Proverbs 27:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Let another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. American Standard Version (1901) Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips. Common English Bible Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. Catholic Public Domain Version Let another praise you, and not your own mouth: an outsider, and not your own lips. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips. |
He said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord.” So he had him ride in his chariot.
A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they do not show good sense.
For it is not those who commend themselves that are approved but those whom the Lord commends.
I have been a fool! You forced me to it. Indeed you should have been the ones commending me, for I am not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.