Proverbs 27:2 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 27:2

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

KJV

Parallel translations

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

About this book

Old Testament

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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12 verses on the floor

2 Corinthians 10:18
For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
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.
Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
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.
Proverbs 25:6
Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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