Proverbs 27:2
Another man (or Let another person), and not thy (own) mouth praise thee; a stranger, and not thy lips.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 20:6Many men be called merciful; but who shall find a faithful man? (Many people be called, or be thought to be, merciful; but who shall truly find a faithful person?)
2 Corinthians 10:12For we dare not put us among, or comparison us to some men, that commend themselves; but we measure us in us-selves, and comparison us-selves to us.
2 Corinthians 12:11I am made unwitty (or witless), ye constrained me. For I ought to be commended of you; for I did nothing less than they that be apostles over-measure. Though I am nought, (But I am being foolish, and ye compelled me. For I ought to be commended by you; for I did nothing less than those who be apostles over-measure or who be the greatest apostles. Although 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 →