Proverbs 27:2
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth, a stranger, and not thine own lips.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
In Context
1Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou know not what a day may bring forth.
3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty, but a fool's vexation is heavier than both.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness, but a faithful man who can find?
2 Corinthians 10:12For we dare not classify or compare ourselves to some of those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves to themselves, do not understand.
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become foolish, boasting. Ye compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I came short in nothing of those, superlative apostles, even though I am nothing.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:2
Miscellaneous Maxims. 1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Here is, 1. A good caution against presuming upon time to come: Boast not thyself, no, not of to-morrow, much less of many days or years to come. This does not forbid preparing for to-morrow, but presuming upon to-morrow. We must not promise ourselves the continuance of our lives and comforts till to-morrow, but speak of it with submission to the will of God and as those who with good reason are kept at… Read the whole commentary →