Proverbs 27:2

King James 2000

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

Cross References

2 Kings 10:16

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

Proverbs 20:6

Most men will proclaim everyone his own goodness: 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 wrath is heavier than them both.

2 Corinthians 10:12

For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

2 Corinthians 10:18

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

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you: for in nothing am I behind the very chief apostles, though I be nothing.