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Proverbs 27:2
Proverbs 27:2 is verse 2 of Proverbs chapter 27, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.
King James Version
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
World English Bible
Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
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Proverbs 27:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
4 Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 25:27It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
2 Corinthians 10:12We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.
2 Corinthians 10:18For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.