Proverbs 27:2

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

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

3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.

4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.
KJV
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
WEB
Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
ASV
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.
DARBY
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
BLB
Let a stranger praise you, and not your own mouth—a foreigner, and not your own lips.
ÅB
La en annen rose deg og ikke din egen munn, en fremmed og ikke dine egne lepper!
OTB
La andre rose deg, og ikke din egen munn; la det være en fremmed, og ikke dine egne lepper.
B1930
La en annen rose dig og ikke din egen munn, en fremmed og ikke dine egne leber!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 10:18

    For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

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  • Proverbs 25:27

    It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

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  • 2 Corinthians 10:12

    For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:11

    I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

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