Proverbs 27:2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
In context
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. 2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. 3 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both. 4 Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 27:2 in the KJV
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 27:2 in the NIV
Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.