Proverbs 27:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

Common English Bible

² Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Let another praise you, and not your own mouth: an outsider, and not your own lips.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² 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 they made him ride in his chariot.

Proverbs 20:6

Most men wilt proclaim every one his own kindness: But a faithful man who can find?

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey: So for men to search out their own glory is not glory.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.

2 Corinthians 10:12

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves: but they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.