Proverbs 27:2

Proverbs chapter 27 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

King James Version · 1611

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

American Standard Version · 1901

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

v.1Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

v.2This passage

v.3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

2 Corinthians 10:12
For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves: but they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.
2 Corinthians 10:18
For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey; Sofor mento search out their own glory is grievous.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.