Proverbs 27:2

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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.