Prov.27.2

Proverbs 27:2

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

Do Not Boast about Tomorrow

Cross References

2 Corinthians 10:12

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For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

Paul’s Apostolic Authority

2 Corinthians 10:18

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

Paul’s Apostolic Authority

2 Corinthians 12:11

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I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians

Proverbs 25:27

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It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

More Proverbs of Solomon

Proverbs 27:3

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A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.