Proverbs 27:2

The Passion Translation

Let someone else honor you for your accomplishments, for self-praise is never appropriate.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:6

Many will tell you they’re your loyal friends, but who can find one who is truly trustworthy?

Proverbs 25:27

It’s good to eat sweet things, but you can take too much. It’s good to be honored, but to seek words of praise is not honor at all.

Proverbs 27:3

It’s easier to carry a heavy boulder and a ton of sand than to be provoked by a fool and have to carry that burden!

2 Corinthians 10:12

Of course, we wouldn’t dare to put ourselves in the same class or compare ourselves with those who rate themselves so highly. They compare themselves to one another and make up their own standards to measure themselves by, and then they judge themselves by their own standards. What self-delusion!

2 Corinthians 10:18

So let’s be clear. To have the Lord’s approval and commendation is of greater value than bragging about oneself.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become foolish to boast like this, but you have forced me to do it, when you should have boasted in me instead. For there is nothing I lack compared to these “super-apostles” of yours, even though I am nothing.