Proverbs 27:2

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Cross References

2 Corinthians 10:18

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

Proverbs 25:27

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

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 12:11

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

Proverbs 27:3

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

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 will proclaim every one his own goodness: But a faithful man who can find?