Proverbs 27:2
Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
3A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:6Many men wil boast, euery one of his owne goodnes: but who can finde a faithfull man?
2 Corinthians 10:12For wee dare not make our selues of the nomber, or to compare our selues to them, which praise themselues: but they vnderstand not that they measure themselues with themselues, and compare themselues with themselues.
2 Corinthians 12:11I was a foole to boast my selfe: yee haue compelled mee: for I ought to haue bene commended of you: for in nothing was I inferiour vnto the very chiefe Apostles, though I bee 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 →