Proverbs 27:2

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

2 Corinthians 10:18

For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one's own glory.[2]

2 Corinthians 10:12

Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.

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 super-apostles, even though I am nothing.

Proverbs 27:3

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

2 Kings 10:16

And he said, "Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD." So he[4] had him ride in his chariot.

Proverbs 20:6

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