Proverbs 27:2

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to eat much honey: So [for men] to search out their own glory is grievous.
  • 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 10:12 : 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.

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  • Prov 27:1
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    1Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

  • Job 15:6
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    6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

  • Prov 17:7
    74%

    7Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.

  • Prov 25:6-10
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    6Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men:

    7For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen.

    8Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

    9Debate thy cause with thy neighbor [himself], And disclose not the secret of another;

    10Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.

  • Prov 24:28
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    28Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

  • Prov 30:32
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    32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, [Lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.

  • Prov 5:9-10
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    9Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

    10Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien,

  • Prov 25:27
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    27It is not good to eat much honey: So [for men] to search out their own glory is grievous.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • 2 Cor 10:17-18
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    17But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

    18For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for [his] pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • Eccl 10:12
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    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

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    3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.

  • Eccl 5:2
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    2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Mic 7:5
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  • 1 Sam 2:3
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    3Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, And by him actions are weighed.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Ps 75:5
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    5Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not with a stiff neck.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

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    23A man's pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

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    17Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

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    6Add thou not unto his words, Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

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    4Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.

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    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

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    23He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.