Proverbs 27:2
Let others praise you, not you yourself; someone else, not you personally.
Free Bible 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
1Don't boast about what you're going to do tomorrow, because you don't know what the day may bring.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:6Many people tell you they're loyal, but can you find someone really trustworthy?
2 Corinthians 10:12We're not so arrogant to compare ourselves with those who think so much of themselves. Those who measure themselves by themselves, and compare themselves with themselves, are really foolish!
2 Corinthians 12:11I'm talking like a fool, but you made me do it! You should really have been speaking well of me, for in no way am I inferior to the super-apostles, even though I don't count for anything.
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 →