Proverbs 27:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

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King 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.

Proverbs 27:2 Cross References

2 Kings 10:16

And he said, “Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord.” So he had him ride in his chariot.

Proverbs 20:6

Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but a faithful man who can find?

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey, so be sparing of complimentary words.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

2 Corinthians 10:12

Not that we venture to class 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 are without understanding.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For it is not the man who commends himself that is accepted, but the man whom the Lord commends.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these superlative apostles, even though I am nothing.