Then he said, “Come with me and see my zeal for Adonai.” So he let him ride in his chariot.
Proverbs 27:2 - Tree of Life Version Let another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. American Standard Version (1901) Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips. Common English Bible Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. Catholic Public Domain Version Let another praise you, and not your own mouth: an outsider, and not your own lips. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips. |
Then he said, “Come with me and see my zeal for Adonai.” So he let him ride in his chariot.
It is not good to eat too much honey, or honorable to seek one’s own honor.
A stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
For we do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they have no understanding.
For it Is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
I have become a fool—you drove me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I am in no way inferior to the super-special emissaries—though I am nothing.