Proverbs 27:2
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.
Young's Literal Translation
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 to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.
3A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:6A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?
2 Corinthians 10:12For we do not make bold to rank or to compare ourselves with certain of those commending themselves, but they, among themselves measuring themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not wise,
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool — boasting; ye — ye did compel me; for I ought by you to have been commended, for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles — even if 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 →