Proverbs 27:2

Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

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Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

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.

ASV

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

BBE

Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

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Matthew Henry · Verse 2

There may be occasion for us to justify ourselves, but not to praise ourselves.

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.